Category: Microsoft Purview

Section 3 – Implement information protection – Design and implement encryption for email messages

Harri Jaakkonen
Posted by Harri Jaakkonen Posted on 22/10/2023 0 Comments on Section 3 – Implement information protection – Design and implement encryption for email messages
Posted in Azure, Compliance, Exchange, Microsoft Purview, SC-400, Security, Study guide

Design and implement encryption for email messages Design an email encryption solution based on methods available in Microsoft 365 Features Feature Description Message Encryption (OME) – Encrypts messages for internal and external recipients. – Allows encrypted messages to any email…

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Exam cram for SC-400 – Administering Information Protection and Compliance in M365

Harri Jaakkonen
Posted by Harri Jaakkonen Posted on 24/09/2023 0 Comments on Exam cram for SC-400 – Administering Information Protection and Compliance in M365
Posted in Azure, Compliance, Microsoft Purview, Study guide

Previously I did Study guides for SC-300, AZ-500, SC-100 and SC-200. So now it’s the turn for the Compliance part under the Security umbrella. See here for the previous Study guides. And if you want to have 1to1 mentoring sessions,…

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Azure AD Privileged Identity Management and new features

Harri Jaakkonen
Posted by Harri Jaakkonen Posted on 08/03/2023 0 Comments on Azure AD Privileged Identity Management and new features
Posted in Authentication methods, Azure, Azure AD, Conditional access, Identity, Identity Platform, Microsoft Purview, PIM, Security, Zero trust

What is PIM? PIM has and will be a backbone for permission Just In Time access in Microsoft based environments. You can easily assign Permanent roles but also Eligible roles for admins and define timeout for the roles. They either…

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Section 2 – Mitigate threats using Microsoft 365 Defender – Mitigate threats to the productivity environment by using Microsoft 365 Defender

Harri Jaakkonen
Posted by Harri Jaakkonen Posted on 12/02/2023 0 Comments on Section 2 – Mitigate threats using Microsoft 365 Defender – Mitigate threats to the productivity environment by using Microsoft 365 Defender
Posted in Azure, Data Loss Prevention, Insider risks, Microsoft Purview, SC-200, Study guide

Welcome to the second section of my SC-200 study guide. In this section I will go through the following content: And didn’t have time (space) to include the following: And will be covering them in the next section, not to…

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Tips and tricks on Securing your Data factory

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Posted by Harri Jaakkonen Posted on 20/12/2022 0 Comments on Tips and tricks on Securing your Data factory
Posted in Azure, Azure AD, Data factory, IAM, Identity, Key vault, Managed HSM, Microsoft Purview, On-premises, Security

Why? Like we all know Identity is a hot topic after the MFA fatigue methods or discovering and attacking our resources as external or internal entities but the often overlooked aspect of security is inside the data layer. You could…

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SQL Server 2022 and Azure ARC with Azure subscription model

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Posted by Harri Jaakkonen Posted on 28/11/2022 0 Comments on SQL Server 2022 and Azure ARC with Azure subscription model
Posted in Azure, Azure AD, Azure ARC, Compliance, Defender, IAM, Identity, Identity Platform, Microsoft Purview, On-premises, Powershell, Security, SQL

SQL 2022 has arrived and in this post I will try out the new setup that should have Azure ARC install embedded. Why to use Azure ARC with SQL 2022? One reason could be security, you will get these features…

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Section 7 – Design a strategy for data and applications – Specify security requirements for applications and design a strategy for securing data

Harri Jaakkonen
Posted by Harri Jaakkonen Posted on 07/09/2022 0 Comments on Section 7 – Design a strategy for data and applications – Specify security requirements for applications and design a strategy for securing data
Posted in Azure, Azure AD, Azure Policy, DevOps, Exchange, Identity, Identity Platform, Key vault, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Sentinel, Security, Storage, Zero trust

And there you have it, this is the last section in my study guide. This time made longer posts, hopefully they weren’t too long to read. Stay tuned for more! Specify priorities for mitigating threats to applications. Specify a security…

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Section 4 – Evaluate Governance Risk Compliance (GRC) technical strategies and security operations strategies – Design a regulatory compliance strategy

Harri Jaakkonen
Posted by Harri Jaakkonen Posted on 17/08/2022 0 Comments on Section 4 – Evaluate Governance Risk Compliance (GRC) technical strategies and security operations strategies – Design a regulatory compliance strategy
Posted in Azure, Compliance, Microsoft Purview, Security

This is the fourth section to my SC-100 study guide and it will cover the following topics: Interpret compliance requirements and translate into specific technical capabilities (new or existing) Evaluate infrastructure compliance by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud Interpret compliance…

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Section 14 – Secure data and applications – Configure security for databases

Harri Jaakkonen
Posted by Harri Jaakkonen Posted on 22/05/2022 0 Comments on Section 14 – Secure data and applications – Configure security for databases
Posted in Azure, Azure AD, Azure Firewall, Defender, Identity, Microsoft Purview, Security, SQL

In this section I will cover the following: Enable database authentication by using Azure AD Enable database auditing Configure dynamic masking on SQL workloads Implement database encryption for Azure SQL Database Implement network isolation for data solutions, including Azure Synapse…

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How handle security in a Power BI environment?

Harri Jaakkonen
Posted by Harri Jaakkonen Posted on 22/04/2022 0 Comments on How handle security in a Power BI environment?
Posted in Azure, Compliance, Data Loss Prevention, Identity, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Purview, Power BI

Data platforms are used in many places and Power BI is one solution to generate visual reports from different sources refined in Data platform. In this post I will cover some of the security solutions for Power BI but first…

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