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Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert

Certification details

As a Microsoft cybersecurity architect, you translate a cybersecurity strategy into capabilities that protect the assets, business, and operations of an organization. You design, guide the implementation of, and maintain security solutions that follow Zero Trust principles and best practices, including security strategies for identity, devices, data, AI, applications, network, infrastructure, and DevOps. Plus, you design solutions for Governance and Risk Compliance (GRC), security operations, and security posture management.

As a cybersecurity architect, you continuously collaborate with leaders and practitioners in security, privacy, engineering, and other roles across an organization to plan and implement a cybersecurity strategy that meets the business needs of an organization.

As a candidate for this exam, you have experience implementing or administering solutions in the following areas: identity and access, platform protection, security operations, data and AI security, application security, and hybrid and multicloud infrastructures. You should have expert skills in at least one of those areas, and you should have experience designing security solutions that include Microsoft security technologies.

Important

The English language version of this certification will be updated on January 23, 2025. Review the study guide linked on the Exam SC-100 page for details about recent changes.

Skills measured

  • Design solutions that align with security best practices and priorities
  • Design security operations, identity, and compliance capabilities
  • Design security solutions for infrastructure
  • Design security solutions for applications and data

Job role: Administrator, Security Engineer, Security Operations Analyst, Solution Architect

Prerequisites: 3 certifications

Required exams: SC-100

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Certification prerequisites

To become a Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert, you must earn at least one of the following: Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate, Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate, Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate certification.

Certification exams

  • SC-100: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect

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    This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: design solutions that align with security best practices and priorities; design security operations, identity, and compliance capabilities; design security solutions for infrastructure; and design security solutions for applications and data.

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** Complete this exam before the retirement date to ensure it is applied toward your certification. After the retirement date, please refer to the related certification for exam requirements.