Mastering Microsoft 365 Security Threat Protection and Compliance for Enterprise Leaders
Course Format & Delivery Details Learn On Your Terms, Achieve Confidence Faster
This course is fully self-paced with immediate online access, allowing enterprise leaders like you to progress without constraints. There are no fixed schedules, mandatory deadlines, or time-intensive commitments. You control your learning rhythm, fitting progress seamlessly into your executive responsibilities. Fast Results, Lasting Access
Most learners gain clarity on their security posture and compliance roadmap within 12 to 15 hours of engagement. The focused structure ensures you can implement high-impact decisions quickly-many report identifying critical gaps or opportunities in their Microsoft 365 environment within the first two modules. Once enrolled, you gain lifetime access to all course materials, including future updates at no additional cost. As Microsoft 365 security features evolve, so will this content-ensuring your knowledge remains current, authoritative, and aligned with emerging enterprise threats. Accessible Anytime, Anywhere, on Any Device
The course is optimized for 24/7 global access and fully compatible with mobile devices, tablets, and desktops. Whether you're reviewing policy frameworks on a flight or auditing threat detection settings during a downtime window, your progress syncs seamlessly across platforms. Direct, Executive-Grade Instructor Support
Throughout your learning journey, you receive direct guidance from seasoned Microsoft 365 security architects with extensive experience in Fortune 500 deployments. Submit questions through the integrated support portal and expect detailed, role-relevant responses within one business day-tailored for security executives, CISOs, compliance officers, and IT leadership teams. Receive a Globally Recognized Certificate of Completion
Upon finishing the course, you earn a Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service-an internationally trusted name in enterprise IT training, chosen by professionals in over 90 countries. This credential demonstrates your mastery of Microsoft 365 security and compliance frameworks and strengthens your professional credibility with stakeholders, auditors, and boards. Transparent Pricing, No Hidden Fees
The price includes everything. There are no recurring charges, hidden subscriptions, or surprise fees. What you see is exactly what you get-lifetime access to a premium, continuously updated curriculum, expert support, and a globally recognised certification. Secure, Trusted, and Risk-Free Enrollment
We accept all major payment methods, including Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal. Transactions are processed through a PCI-compliant gateway to ensure your data remains protected at every step. Your enrollment is protected by a 30-day satisfaction guarantee. If you find the course does not meet your expectations, you are entitled to a full refund-no questions asked. This is our promise to deliver only exceptional value. Immediate Confirmation, Clear Access Process
After enrollment, you will receive a confirmation email acknowledging your registration. Your access credentials and detailed login instructions will be sent separately as soon as the course materials are fully provisioned. Please monitor your inbox and spam folder to ensure delivery. This Works Even If You’re Not a Technical Administrator
This course is specifically designed for enterprise leaders who need strategic clarity-not technical configuration guides. You don’t need to write PowerShell scripts or manage Azure AD groups to benefit. Instead, you’ll gain the executive insight to ask the right questions, direct your security teams effectively, and justify investment in threat protection with confidence. Real-World Relevance, Proven Outcomes
Participants consistently report faster incident response planning, improved audit preparedness, and stronger alignment between security, compliance, and business objectives. Here’s what one learner shared: - As a Chief Information Security Officer, I needed to assess our Microsoft 365 risk exposure without diving into technical minutiae. This course gave me the structured framework I was missing. I presented the threat model to our board-and we secured $1.2 million in additional security funding. – Jonathan R, CISO, Financial Services Sector
- I thought I understood compliance, but this exposed critical gaps in our data governance. Within two weeks of completing Module 5, we passed our ISO 27001 audit with zero non-conformities. – Lareina K, Head of IT Compliance, Healthcare Provider
- he policy alignment section alone was worth ten times the cost. I used the templates to rebuild our internal controls across three business units. – Marcos T, Enterprise Architect, Global Manufacturing
Why This Is Different: Confidence Through Clarity
Unlike generic overviews or vendor-produced documentation, this course is built by practitioners for leaders. It distills complex security concepts into actionable insights, uses enterprise-ready frameworks, and provides decision-making tools you can apply immediately. You are not just learning-you are building strategic advantage. With lifetime access, expert support, a respected certification, and our no-risk guarantee, your only real risk is staying uninformed. This is your opportunity to lead with certainty in an era of escalating cyber threats.
Extensive and Detailed Course Curriculum
Module 1: Foundations of Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance for Enterprise Leadership - Understanding the enterprise security landscape in the cloud era
- Key threats targeting Microsoft 365 environments
- The evolving role of leadership in cyber risk governance
- Defining security, compliance, and risk in the context of Microsoft 365
- Overview of the Microsoft 365 security stack and its components
- Mapping business objectives to security and compliance outcomes
- Identifying critical assets within Microsoft 365 (data, identities, apps)
- The shared responsibility model in Microsoft 365
- Understanding data residency and jurisdictional implications
- Executive-level overview of compliance standards (GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, CCPA)
- How regulatory requirements translate into technical controls
- Building a culture of accountability across departments
- Leveraging Microsoft Trust Center for transparency and assurance
- Aligning security strategy with enterprise architecture
- Creating executive dashboards for real-time oversight
Module 2: Threat Protection Frameworks and Executive Decision Models - Introduction to the Microsoft 365 Defender suite
- Integrating threat intelligence into leadership decisions
- Understanding Zero Trust and its strategic value
- Applying the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to Microsoft 365
- Using MITRE ATT&CK to map attack scenarios to defenses
- Building a risk-based threat prioritization matrix
- Identifying high-impact threats: phishing, business email compromise, ransomware
- Understanding identity-based attacks and password spray techniques
- Assessing supply chain risks in Microsoft 365 integrations
- Creating executive response playbooks for common attack vectors
- Defining acceptable risk thresholds for your business
- Aligning threat models with business continuity planning
- Mapping threats to C-suite concerns: financial, reputational, legal
- Differentiating between prevention, detection, and response capabilities
- Interpreting Microsoft Secure Score to guide investment decisions
Module 3: Identity and Access Governance at the Enterprise Level - The critical role of identity as the new security perimeter
- Implementing conditional access policies for risk mitigation
- Understanding multi-factor authentication (MFA) strengths and limitations
- Enforcing baseline protection with Microsoft Secure Foundation
- Managing guest access and external collaboration securely
- Principles of least privilege and just-in-time access
- Using identity protection to detect compromised credentials
- Role-based access control (RBAC) for administrative delegation
- Audit logging for privileged operations and access reviews
- Monitoring sign-in risk and user risk with Azure AD Identity Protection
- Designing automated responses to risky sign-ins
- Creating custom risk policies aligned with industry risk profiles
- Integrating on-premises identities with Azure AD seamlessly
- Evaluating passwordless authentication strategies
- Reporting on identity health to executive leadership
Module 4: Data Protection and Information Governance Strategies - Understanding data classification and labeling in Microsoft 365
- Creating and deploying sensitivity labels across apps
- Automating data governance with retention policies
- Preventing accidental and intentional data leaks with DLP
- Configuring Data Loss Prevention policies for email and Teams
- Managing SharePoint and OneDrive data exposure
- Using eDiscovery for legal and compliance investigations
- Implementing Communication Compliance for policy monitoring
- Addressing insider threats through data activity monitoring
- Encrypting data at rest and in transit using Microsoft Purview
- Managing encryption keys with Customer Key (M365)
- Understanding the role of Microsoft Purview Information Protection
- Classifying unstructured data across cloud repositories
- Creating audit trails for data access and modification
- Responding to data subject access requests (DSARs) efficiently
Module 5: Microsoft 365 Threat Detection and Response Capabilities - Overview of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and its components
- Understanding anti-phishing and anti-spoofing protections
- Configuring safe attachments and safe links policies
- Managing impersonation protection for executives and domains
- Responding to zero-day threats with time-of-click protection
- Investigating threats using the Threat Explorer dashboard
- Using automated investigation and response (AIR) workflows
- Understanding machine learning models in threat detection
- Reviewing campaign views to track attacker behavior
- Assessing threat landscape reports for board-level briefings
- Integrating Microsoft Defender for Endpoint with email security
- Detecting suspicious activity in SharePoint and OneDrive
- Monitoring for anomalous file activity and ransomware patterns
- Leveraging threat intelligence feeds for proactive defense
- Creating executive summaries from threat analytics reports
Module 6: Cloud App Security and Shadow IT Management - Understanding Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) principles
- Discovering unsanctioned apps in your Microsoft 365 environment
- Assessing risk levels for third-party app integrations
- Creating app governance policies with risk-based rules
- Setting up session policies for high-risk applications
- Monitoring OAuth permissions and delegated access risks
- Automating policy enforcement based on user behavior
- Using anomaly detection to identify compromised cloud sessions
- Generating risk score reports for audit committees
- Integrating Cloud App Security with identity and device policies
- Analyzing log data for unusual access patterns or data exports
- Managing SaaS-to-SaaS integrations securely
- Establishing onboarding and offboarding procedures for cloud apps
- Enabling secure external collaboration with policy enforcement
- Presenting cloud risk posture to non-technical stakeholders
Module 7: Compliance Center and Regulatory Alignment - Overview of the Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal
- Managing compliance across email, Teams, and file repositories
- Conducting compliance assessments using the Compliance Manager
- Understanding control benchmarks and regulatory templates
- Tracking compliance posture over time with scorecards
- Assigning and delegating compliance actions to teams
- Integrating third-party regulatory standards into assessments
- Documenting compliance evidence for auditors
- Addressing gaps with actionable implementation steps
- Configuring audit retention and search policies
- Monitoring user activity for compliance policy violations
- Using alerts and notifications for real-time compliance issues
- Setting up automated compliance workflows
- Aligning Microsoft 365 configurations with ISO 27001 requirements
- Preparing for SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR audits using Compliance Manager
Module 8: Insider Risk Management and Digital Conduct Policies - Understanding the insider risk spectrum: negligent vs malicious actors
- Implementing Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
- Configuring policies for data exfiltration and policy violations
- Using machine learning to detect anomalous behavior patterns
- Setting thresholds for risk scoring and escalation
- Integrating HR workflows for employee offboarding risks
- Managing policy conflicts with privacy considerations
- Creating investigation workflows for high-risk alerts
- Using dashboards to report on insider risk trends
- Designing ethical use policies for digital communication
- Monitoring for burnout, data hoarding, or suspicious collaboration
- Ensuring legal defensibility in insider investigations
- Balancing employee privacy with organizational protection
- Reporting on digital conduct to the board or ethics committee
- Defining cross-functional response procedures for HR and IT
Module 9: Voice, Video, and Collaboration Security in Microsoft Teams - Securing Microsoft Teams meetings and channels
- Controlling guest access in Teams environments
- Managing data sharing within chat and channel conversations
- Enforcing sensitivity labels on Teams content
- Protecting voice and video calls from eavesdropping
- Applying retention policies to chat and call records
- Monitoring third-party app usage in Teams
- Blocking unauthorized add-ins and bots
- Using DLP policies to prevent data leaks in chats
- Creating Teams governance policies for large enterprises
- Auditing meeting recordings stored in Stream and OneDrive
- Managing compliance for hybrid work environments
- Enabling encryption for Teams call signaling and media
- Configuring Safe Attachments for Teams file uploads
- Reporting on collaboration risk to security leadership
Module 10: Secure Score, Reporting, and Executive Oversight Tools - Understanding Microsoft Secure Score and its components
- Interpreting score trends over time for continuous improvement
- Comparing your score against industry benchmarks
- Aligning Secure Score improvements with business risk reduction
- Translating technical recommendations into investment justifications
- Creating board-ready security dashboards and scorecards
- Using Power BI to visualize Microsoft 365 security posture
- Generating compliance gap reports for internal audit
- Tracking policy adoption and enforcement across business units
- Measuring the ROI of security controls and initiatives
- Establishing KPIs for threat detection and response times
- Monitoring user adoption of security best practices
- Reporting on training effectiveness and phishing simulation outcomes
- Integrating Microsoft 365 data with GRC platforms
- Presenting cyber risk exposure using business impact scenarios
Module 11: Architecture, Integration, and Third-Party Tool Alignment - Designing a layered security architecture for Microsoft 365
- Integrating Microsoft Defender with SIEM platforms
- Using APIs for custom reporting and alerting workflows
- Connecting Microsoft 365 logs to Azure Monitor and Sentinel
- Ensuring consistent policy enforcement across tools
- Evaluating third-party tools for enhanced email security
- Managing identity federation with external partners
- Implementing secure hybrid environments with on-premises systems
- Using Microsoft Graph API for security automation
- Securing Power Platform apps and automation workflows
- Integrating Microsoft 365 with identity providers (Okta, Ping, etc.)
- Managing certificate-based authentication and device trust
- Aligning Microsoft 365 policies with enterprise-wide GRC tools
- Designing single pane of glass monitoring for leadership
- Validating integration points for resilience and continuity
Module 12: Real-World Implementation Projects and Leadership Scenarios - Conducting a security posture assessment for your organization
- Building a 90-day Microsoft 365 security improvement roadmap
- Creating a board presentation on current risk exposure
- Developing a crisis communication plan for a data breach
- Designing a compliance maturity model for continuous improvement
- Running a tabletop exercise for a ransomware attack scenario
- Implementing a security awareness campaign for executives
- Optimizing your Secure Score with prioritized actions
- Reviewing and updating third-party vendor security agreements
- Establishing executive-level performance metrics for IT security
- Executing a data classification pilot across one business unit
- Conducting a DLP policy simulation to test effectiveness
- Building an insider risk investigation playbook
- Creating a governance charter for Microsoft 365 usage
- Presenting a business case for additional security investment
Module 13: Continuous Improvement and Future-Proofing Your Security Posture - Establishing a regular review cadence for security policies
- Subscribing to Microsoft security updates and advisories
- Leveraging Microsoft Secure Score improvement recommendations
- Using Microsoft’s Service Trust Portal for compliance updates
- Monitoring emerging threats in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem
- Planning for quarterly security and compliance health checks
- Aligning security initiatives with technology refresh cycles
- Integrating new features like Passkeys and Continuous Access Evaluation
- Staying ahead of regulatory changes in data privacy laws
- Building a feedback loop between IT, legal, and business units
- Scaling security policies for mergers and acquisitions
- Monitoring user feedback on policy impact and usability
- Updating training materials based on incident trends
- Incorporating lessons learned from real-world breaches
- Ensuring long-term sustainability of your security program
Module 14: Certification Preparation and Post-Course Leadership Pathways - Reviewing all key concepts for certification mastery
- Practicing executive-level decision scenarios
- Preparing for the Certificate of Completion assessment
- Understanding the evaluation criteria and expectations
- Submitting your final project for review
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding your certification to LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Accessing exclusive alumni resources and updates
- Joining a network of enterprise security leaders
- Identifying next-level certifications and training paths
- Advancing your career with demonstrated expertise
- Using your certification in job applications and promotions
- Leading organizational change with credible authority
- Mentoring teams using structured security frameworks
- Driving enterprise-wide transformation with confidence
Module 1: Foundations of Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance for Enterprise Leadership - Understanding the enterprise security landscape in the cloud era
- Key threats targeting Microsoft 365 environments
- The evolving role of leadership in cyber risk governance
- Defining security, compliance, and risk in the context of Microsoft 365
- Overview of the Microsoft 365 security stack and its components
- Mapping business objectives to security and compliance outcomes
- Identifying critical assets within Microsoft 365 (data, identities, apps)
- The shared responsibility model in Microsoft 365
- Understanding data residency and jurisdictional implications
- Executive-level overview of compliance standards (GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, CCPA)
- How regulatory requirements translate into technical controls
- Building a culture of accountability across departments
- Leveraging Microsoft Trust Center for transparency and assurance
- Aligning security strategy with enterprise architecture
- Creating executive dashboards for real-time oversight
Module 2: Threat Protection Frameworks and Executive Decision Models - Introduction to the Microsoft 365 Defender suite
- Integrating threat intelligence into leadership decisions
- Understanding Zero Trust and its strategic value
- Applying the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to Microsoft 365
- Using MITRE ATT&CK to map attack scenarios to defenses
- Building a risk-based threat prioritization matrix
- Identifying high-impact threats: phishing, business email compromise, ransomware
- Understanding identity-based attacks and password spray techniques
- Assessing supply chain risks in Microsoft 365 integrations
- Creating executive response playbooks for common attack vectors
- Defining acceptable risk thresholds for your business
- Aligning threat models with business continuity planning
- Mapping threats to C-suite concerns: financial, reputational, legal
- Differentiating between prevention, detection, and response capabilities
- Interpreting Microsoft Secure Score to guide investment decisions
Module 3: Identity and Access Governance at the Enterprise Level - The critical role of identity as the new security perimeter
- Implementing conditional access policies for risk mitigation
- Understanding multi-factor authentication (MFA) strengths and limitations
- Enforcing baseline protection with Microsoft Secure Foundation
- Managing guest access and external collaboration securely
- Principles of least privilege and just-in-time access
- Using identity protection to detect compromised credentials
- Role-based access control (RBAC) for administrative delegation
- Audit logging for privileged operations and access reviews
- Monitoring sign-in risk and user risk with Azure AD Identity Protection
- Designing automated responses to risky sign-ins
- Creating custom risk policies aligned with industry risk profiles
- Integrating on-premises identities with Azure AD seamlessly
- Evaluating passwordless authentication strategies
- Reporting on identity health to executive leadership
Module 4: Data Protection and Information Governance Strategies - Understanding data classification and labeling in Microsoft 365
- Creating and deploying sensitivity labels across apps
- Automating data governance with retention policies
- Preventing accidental and intentional data leaks with DLP
- Configuring Data Loss Prevention policies for email and Teams
- Managing SharePoint and OneDrive data exposure
- Using eDiscovery for legal and compliance investigations
- Implementing Communication Compliance for policy monitoring
- Addressing insider threats through data activity monitoring
- Encrypting data at rest and in transit using Microsoft Purview
- Managing encryption keys with Customer Key (M365)
- Understanding the role of Microsoft Purview Information Protection
- Classifying unstructured data across cloud repositories
- Creating audit trails for data access and modification
- Responding to data subject access requests (DSARs) efficiently
Module 5: Microsoft 365 Threat Detection and Response Capabilities - Overview of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and its components
- Understanding anti-phishing and anti-spoofing protections
- Configuring safe attachments and safe links policies
- Managing impersonation protection for executives and domains
- Responding to zero-day threats with time-of-click protection
- Investigating threats using the Threat Explorer dashboard
- Using automated investigation and response (AIR) workflows
- Understanding machine learning models in threat detection
- Reviewing campaign views to track attacker behavior
- Assessing threat landscape reports for board-level briefings
- Integrating Microsoft Defender for Endpoint with email security
- Detecting suspicious activity in SharePoint and OneDrive
- Monitoring for anomalous file activity and ransomware patterns
- Leveraging threat intelligence feeds for proactive defense
- Creating executive summaries from threat analytics reports
Module 6: Cloud App Security and Shadow IT Management - Understanding Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) principles
- Discovering unsanctioned apps in your Microsoft 365 environment
- Assessing risk levels for third-party app integrations
- Creating app governance policies with risk-based rules
- Setting up session policies for high-risk applications
- Monitoring OAuth permissions and delegated access risks
- Automating policy enforcement based on user behavior
- Using anomaly detection to identify compromised cloud sessions
- Generating risk score reports for audit committees
- Integrating Cloud App Security with identity and device policies
- Analyzing log data for unusual access patterns or data exports
- Managing SaaS-to-SaaS integrations securely
- Establishing onboarding and offboarding procedures for cloud apps
- Enabling secure external collaboration with policy enforcement
- Presenting cloud risk posture to non-technical stakeholders
Module 7: Compliance Center and Regulatory Alignment - Overview of the Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal
- Managing compliance across email, Teams, and file repositories
- Conducting compliance assessments using the Compliance Manager
- Understanding control benchmarks and regulatory templates
- Tracking compliance posture over time with scorecards
- Assigning and delegating compliance actions to teams
- Integrating third-party regulatory standards into assessments
- Documenting compliance evidence for auditors
- Addressing gaps with actionable implementation steps
- Configuring audit retention and search policies
- Monitoring user activity for compliance policy violations
- Using alerts and notifications for real-time compliance issues
- Setting up automated compliance workflows
- Aligning Microsoft 365 configurations with ISO 27001 requirements
- Preparing for SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR audits using Compliance Manager
Module 8: Insider Risk Management and Digital Conduct Policies - Understanding the insider risk spectrum: negligent vs malicious actors
- Implementing Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
- Configuring policies for data exfiltration and policy violations
- Using machine learning to detect anomalous behavior patterns
- Setting thresholds for risk scoring and escalation
- Integrating HR workflows for employee offboarding risks
- Managing policy conflicts with privacy considerations
- Creating investigation workflows for high-risk alerts
- Using dashboards to report on insider risk trends
- Designing ethical use policies for digital communication
- Monitoring for burnout, data hoarding, or suspicious collaboration
- Ensuring legal defensibility in insider investigations
- Balancing employee privacy with organizational protection
- Reporting on digital conduct to the board or ethics committee
- Defining cross-functional response procedures for HR and IT
Module 9: Voice, Video, and Collaboration Security in Microsoft Teams - Securing Microsoft Teams meetings and channels
- Controlling guest access in Teams environments
- Managing data sharing within chat and channel conversations
- Enforcing sensitivity labels on Teams content
- Protecting voice and video calls from eavesdropping
- Applying retention policies to chat and call records
- Monitoring third-party app usage in Teams
- Blocking unauthorized add-ins and bots
- Using DLP policies to prevent data leaks in chats
- Creating Teams governance policies for large enterprises
- Auditing meeting recordings stored in Stream and OneDrive
- Managing compliance for hybrid work environments
- Enabling encryption for Teams call signaling and media
- Configuring Safe Attachments for Teams file uploads
- Reporting on collaboration risk to security leadership
Module 10: Secure Score, Reporting, and Executive Oversight Tools - Understanding Microsoft Secure Score and its components
- Interpreting score trends over time for continuous improvement
- Comparing your score against industry benchmarks
- Aligning Secure Score improvements with business risk reduction
- Translating technical recommendations into investment justifications
- Creating board-ready security dashboards and scorecards
- Using Power BI to visualize Microsoft 365 security posture
- Generating compliance gap reports for internal audit
- Tracking policy adoption and enforcement across business units
- Measuring the ROI of security controls and initiatives
- Establishing KPIs for threat detection and response times
- Monitoring user adoption of security best practices
- Reporting on training effectiveness and phishing simulation outcomes
- Integrating Microsoft 365 data with GRC platforms
- Presenting cyber risk exposure using business impact scenarios
Module 11: Architecture, Integration, and Third-Party Tool Alignment - Designing a layered security architecture for Microsoft 365
- Integrating Microsoft Defender with SIEM platforms
- Using APIs for custom reporting and alerting workflows
- Connecting Microsoft 365 logs to Azure Monitor and Sentinel
- Ensuring consistent policy enforcement across tools
- Evaluating third-party tools for enhanced email security
- Managing identity federation with external partners
- Implementing secure hybrid environments with on-premises systems
- Using Microsoft Graph API for security automation
- Securing Power Platform apps and automation workflows
- Integrating Microsoft 365 with identity providers (Okta, Ping, etc.)
- Managing certificate-based authentication and device trust
- Aligning Microsoft 365 policies with enterprise-wide GRC tools
- Designing single pane of glass monitoring for leadership
- Validating integration points for resilience and continuity
Module 12: Real-World Implementation Projects and Leadership Scenarios - Conducting a security posture assessment for your organization
- Building a 90-day Microsoft 365 security improvement roadmap
- Creating a board presentation on current risk exposure
- Developing a crisis communication plan for a data breach
- Designing a compliance maturity model for continuous improvement
- Running a tabletop exercise for a ransomware attack scenario
- Implementing a security awareness campaign for executives
- Optimizing your Secure Score with prioritized actions
- Reviewing and updating third-party vendor security agreements
- Establishing executive-level performance metrics for IT security
- Executing a data classification pilot across one business unit
- Conducting a DLP policy simulation to test effectiveness
- Building an insider risk investigation playbook
- Creating a governance charter for Microsoft 365 usage
- Presenting a business case for additional security investment
Module 13: Continuous Improvement and Future-Proofing Your Security Posture - Establishing a regular review cadence for security policies
- Subscribing to Microsoft security updates and advisories
- Leveraging Microsoft Secure Score improvement recommendations
- Using Microsoft’s Service Trust Portal for compliance updates
- Monitoring emerging threats in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem
- Planning for quarterly security and compliance health checks
- Aligning security initiatives with technology refresh cycles
- Integrating new features like Passkeys and Continuous Access Evaluation
- Staying ahead of regulatory changes in data privacy laws
- Building a feedback loop between IT, legal, and business units
- Scaling security policies for mergers and acquisitions
- Monitoring user feedback on policy impact and usability
- Updating training materials based on incident trends
- Incorporating lessons learned from real-world breaches
- Ensuring long-term sustainability of your security program
Module 14: Certification Preparation and Post-Course Leadership Pathways - Reviewing all key concepts for certification mastery
- Practicing executive-level decision scenarios
- Preparing for the Certificate of Completion assessment
- Understanding the evaluation criteria and expectations
- Submitting your final project for review
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding your certification to LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Accessing exclusive alumni resources and updates
- Joining a network of enterprise security leaders
- Identifying next-level certifications and training paths
- Advancing your career with demonstrated expertise
- Using your certification in job applications and promotions
- Leading organizational change with credible authority
- Mentoring teams using structured security frameworks
- Driving enterprise-wide transformation with confidence
- Introduction to the Microsoft 365 Defender suite
- Integrating threat intelligence into leadership decisions
- Understanding Zero Trust and its strategic value
- Applying the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to Microsoft 365
- Using MITRE ATT&CK to map attack scenarios to defenses
- Building a risk-based threat prioritization matrix
- Identifying high-impact threats: phishing, business email compromise, ransomware
- Understanding identity-based attacks and password spray techniques
- Assessing supply chain risks in Microsoft 365 integrations
- Creating executive response playbooks for common attack vectors
- Defining acceptable risk thresholds for your business
- Aligning threat models with business continuity planning
- Mapping threats to C-suite concerns: financial, reputational, legal
- Differentiating between prevention, detection, and response capabilities
- Interpreting Microsoft Secure Score to guide investment decisions
Module 3: Identity and Access Governance at the Enterprise Level - The critical role of identity as the new security perimeter
- Implementing conditional access policies for risk mitigation
- Understanding multi-factor authentication (MFA) strengths and limitations
- Enforcing baseline protection with Microsoft Secure Foundation
- Managing guest access and external collaboration securely
- Principles of least privilege and just-in-time access
- Using identity protection to detect compromised credentials
- Role-based access control (RBAC) for administrative delegation
- Audit logging for privileged operations and access reviews
- Monitoring sign-in risk and user risk with Azure AD Identity Protection
- Designing automated responses to risky sign-ins
- Creating custom risk policies aligned with industry risk profiles
- Integrating on-premises identities with Azure AD seamlessly
- Evaluating passwordless authentication strategies
- Reporting on identity health to executive leadership
Module 4: Data Protection and Information Governance Strategies - Understanding data classification and labeling in Microsoft 365
- Creating and deploying sensitivity labels across apps
- Automating data governance with retention policies
- Preventing accidental and intentional data leaks with DLP
- Configuring Data Loss Prevention policies for email and Teams
- Managing SharePoint and OneDrive data exposure
- Using eDiscovery for legal and compliance investigations
- Implementing Communication Compliance for policy monitoring
- Addressing insider threats through data activity monitoring
- Encrypting data at rest and in transit using Microsoft Purview
- Managing encryption keys with Customer Key (M365)
- Understanding the role of Microsoft Purview Information Protection
- Classifying unstructured data across cloud repositories
- Creating audit trails for data access and modification
- Responding to data subject access requests (DSARs) efficiently
Module 5: Microsoft 365 Threat Detection and Response Capabilities - Overview of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and its components
- Understanding anti-phishing and anti-spoofing protections
- Configuring safe attachments and safe links policies
- Managing impersonation protection for executives and domains
- Responding to zero-day threats with time-of-click protection
- Investigating threats using the Threat Explorer dashboard
- Using automated investigation and response (AIR) workflows
- Understanding machine learning models in threat detection
- Reviewing campaign views to track attacker behavior
- Assessing threat landscape reports for board-level briefings
- Integrating Microsoft Defender for Endpoint with email security
- Detecting suspicious activity in SharePoint and OneDrive
- Monitoring for anomalous file activity and ransomware patterns
- Leveraging threat intelligence feeds for proactive defense
- Creating executive summaries from threat analytics reports
Module 6: Cloud App Security and Shadow IT Management - Understanding Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) principles
- Discovering unsanctioned apps in your Microsoft 365 environment
- Assessing risk levels for third-party app integrations
- Creating app governance policies with risk-based rules
- Setting up session policies for high-risk applications
- Monitoring OAuth permissions and delegated access risks
- Automating policy enforcement based on user behavior
- Using anomaly detection to identify compromised cloud sessions
- Generating risk score reports for audit committees
- Integrating Cloud App Security with identity and device policies
- Analyzing log data for unusual access patterns or data exports
- Managing SaaS-to-SaaS integrations securely
- Establishing onboarding and offboarding procedures for cloud apps
- Enabling secure external collaboration with policy enforcement
- Presenting cloud risk posture to non-technical stakeholders
Module 7: Compliance Center and Regulatory Alignment - Overview of the Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal
- Managing compliance across email, Teams, and file repositories
- Conducting compliance assessments using the Compliance Manager
- Understanding control benchmarks and regulatory templates
- Tracking compliance posture over time with scorecards
- Assigning and delegating compliance actions to teams
- Integrating third-party regulatory standards into assessments
- Documenting compliance evidence for auditors
- Addressing gaps with actionable implementation steps
- Configuring audit retention and search policies
- Monitoring user activity for compliance policy violations
- Using alerts and notifications for real-time compliance issues
- Setting up automated compliance workflows
- Aligning Microsoft 365 configurations with ISO 27001 requirements
- Preparing for SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR audits using Compliance Manager
Module 8: Insider Risk Management and Digital Conduct Policies - Understanding the insider risk spectrum: negligent vs malicious actors
- Implementing Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
- Configuring policies for data exfiltration and policy violations
- Using machine learning to detect anomalous behavior patterns
- Setting thresholds for risk scoring and escalation
- Integrating HR workflows for employee offboarding risks
- Managing policy conflicts with privacy considerations
- Creating investigation workflows for high-risk alerts
- Using dashboards to report on insider risk trends
- Designing ethical use policies for digital communication
- Monitoring for burnout, data hoarding, or suspicious collaboration
- Ensuring legal defensibility in insider investigations
- Balancing employee privacy with organizational protection
- Reporting on digital conduct to the board or ethics committee
- Defining cross-functional response procedures for HR and IT
Module 9: Voice, Video, and Collaboration Security in Microsoft Teams - Securing Microsoft Teams meetings and channels
- Controlling guest access in Teams environments
- Managing data sharing within chat and channel conversations
- Enforcing sensitivity labels on Teams content
- Protecting voice and video calls from eavesdropping
- Applying retention policies to chat and call records
- Monitoring third-party app usage in Teams
- Blocking unauthorized add-ins and bots
- Using DLP policies to prevent data leaks in chats
- Creating Teams governance policies for large enterprises
- Auditing meeting recordings stored in Stream and OneDrive
- Managing compliance for hybrid work environments
- Enabling encryption for Teams call signaling and media
- Configuring Safe Attachments for Teams file uploads
- Reporting on collaboration risk to security leadership
Module 10: Secure Score, Reporting, and Executive Oversight Tools - Understanding Microsoft Secure Score and its components
- Interpreting score trends over time for continuous improvement
- Comparing your score against industry benchmarks
- Aligning Secure Score improvements with business risk reduction
- Translating technical recommendations into investment justifications
- Creating board-ready security dashboards and scorecards
- Using Power BI to visualize Microsoft 365 security posture
- Generating compliance gap reports for internal audit
- Tracking policy adoption and enforcement across business units
- Measuring the ROI of security controls and initiatives
- Establishing KPIs for threat detection and response times
- Monitoring user adoption of security best practices
- Reporting on training effectiveness and phishing simulation outcomes
- Integrating Microsoft 365 data with GRC platforms
- Presenting cyber risk exposure using business impact scenarios
Module 11: Architecture, Integration, and Third-Party Tool Alignment - Designing a layered security architecture for Microsoft 365
- Integrating Microsoft Defender with SIEM platforms
- Using APIs for custom reporting and alerting workflows
- Connecting Microsoft 365 logs to Azure Monitor and Sentinel
- Ensuring consistent policy enforcement across tools
- Evaluating third-party tools for enhanced email security
- Managing identity federation with external partners
- Implementing secure hybrid environments with on-premises systems
- Using Microsoft Graph API for security automation
- Securing Power Platform apps and automation workflows
- Integrating Microsoft 365 with identity providers (Okta, Ping, etc.)
- Managing certificate-based authentication and device trust
- Aligning Microsoft 365 policies with enterprise-wide GRC tools
- Designing single pane of glass monitoring for leadership
- Validating integration points for resilience and continuity
Module 12: Real-World Implementation Projects and Leadership Scenarios - Conducting a security posture assessment for your organization
- Building a 90-day Microsoft 365 security improvement roadmap
- Creating a board presentation on current risk exposure
- Developing a crisis communication plan for a data breach
- Designing a compliance maturity model for continuous improvement
- Running a tabletop exercise for a ransomware attack scenario
- Implementing a security awareness campaign for executives
- Optimizing your Secure Score with prioritized actions
- Reviewing and updating third-party vendor security agreements
- Establishing executive-level performance metrics for IT security
- Executing a data classification pilot across one business unit
- Conducting a DLP policy simulation to test effectiveness
- Building an insider risk investigation playbook
- Creating a governance charter for Microsoft 365 usage
- Presenting a business case for additional security investment
Module 13: Continuous Improvement and Future-Proofing Your Security Posture - Establishing a regular review cadence for security policies
- Subscribing to Microsoft security updates and advisories
- Leveraging Microsoft Secure Score improvement recommendations
- Using Microsoft’s Service Trust Portal for compliance updates
- Monitoring emerging threats in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem
- Planning for quarterly security and compliance health checks
- Aligning security initiatives with technology refresh cycles
- Integrating new features like Passkeys and Continuous Access Evaluation
- Staying ahead of regulatory changes in data privacy laws
- Building a feedback loop between IT, legal, and business units
- Scaling security policies for mergers and acquisitions
- Monitoring user feedback on policy impact and usability
- Updating training materials based on incident trends
- Incorporating lessons learned from real-world breaches
- Ensuring long-term sustainability of your security program
Module 14: Certification Preparation and Post-Course Leadership Pathways - Reviewing all key concepts for certification mastery
- Practicing executive-level decision scenarios
- Preparing for the Certificate of Completion assessment
- Understanding the evaluation criteria and expectations
- Submitting your final project for review
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding your certification to LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Accessing exclusive alumni resources and updates
- Joining a network of enterprise security leaders
- Identifying next-level certifications and training paths
- Advancing your career with demonstrated expertise
- Using your certification in job applications and promotions
- Leading organizational change with credible authority
- Mentoring teams using structured security frameworks
- Driving enterprise-wide transformation with confidence
- Understanding data classification and labeling in Microsoft 365
- Creating and deploying sensitivity labels across apps
- Automating data governance with retention policies
- Preventing accidental and intentional data leaks with DLP
- Configuring Data Loss Prevention policies for email and Teams
- Managing SharePoint and OneDrive data exposure
- Using eDiscovery for legal and compliance investigations
- Implementing Communication Compliance for policy monitoring
- Addressing insider threats through data activity monitoring
- Encrypting data at rest and in transit using Microsoft Purview
- Managing encryption keys with Customer Key (M365)
- Understanding the role of Microsoft Purview Information Protection
- Classifying unstructured data across cloud repositories
- Creating audit trails for data access and modification
- Responding to data subject access requests (DSARs) efficiently
Module 5: Microsoft 365 Threat Detection and Response Capabilities - Overview of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and its components
- Understanding anti-phishing and anti-spoofing protections
- Configuring safe attachments and safe links policies
- Managing impersonation protection for executives and domains
- Responding to zero-day threats with time-of-click protection
- Investigating threats using the Threat Explorer dashboard
- Using automated investigation and response (AIR) workflows
- Understanding machine learning models in threat detection
- Reviewing campaign views to track attacker behavior
- Assessing threat landscape reports for board-level briefings
- Integrating Microsoft Defender for Endpoint with email security
- Detecting suspicious activity in SharePoint and OneDrive
- Monitoring for anomalous file activity and ransomware patterns
- Leveraging threat intelligence feeds for proactive defense
- Creating executive summaries from threat analytics reports
Module 6: Cloud App Security and Shadow IT Management - Understanding Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) principles
- Discovering unsanctioned apps in your Microsoft 365 environment
- Assessing risk levels for third-party app integrations
- Creating app governance policies with risk-based rules
- Setting up session policies for high-risk applications
- Monitoring OAuth permissions and delegated access risks
- Automating policy enforcement based on user behavior
- Using anomaly detection to identify compromised cloud sessions
- Generating risk score reports for audit committees
- Integrating Cloud App Security with identity and device policies
- Analyzing log data for unusual access patterns or data exports
- Managing SaaS-to-SaaS integrations securely
- Establishing onboarding and offboarding procedures for cloud apps
- Enabling secure external collaboration with policy enforcement
- Presenting cloud risk posture to non-technical stakeholders
Module 7: Compliance Center and Regulatory Alignment - Overview of the Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal
- Managing compliance across email, Teams, and file repositories
- Conducting compliance assessments using the Compliance Manager
- Understanding control benchmarks and regulatory templates
- Tracking compliance posture over time with scorecards
- Assigning and delegating compliance actions to teams
- Integrating third-party regulatory standards into assessments
- Documenting compliance evidence for auditors
- Addressing gaps with actionable implementation steps
- Configuring audit retention and search policies
- Monitoring user activity for compliance policy violations
- Using alerts and notifications for real-time compliance issues
- Setting up automated compliance workflows
- Aligning Microsoft 365 configurations with ISO 27001 requirements
- Preparing for SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR audits using Compliance Manager
Module 8: Insider Risk Management and Digital Conduct Policies - Understanding the insider risk spectrum: negligent vs malicious actors
- Implementing Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
- Configuring policies for data exfiltration and policy violations
- Using machine learning to detect anomalous behavior patterns
- Setting thresholds for risk scoring and escalation
- Integrating HR workflows for employee offboarding risks
- Managing policy conflicts with privacy considerations
- Creating investigation workflows for high-risk alerts
- Using dashboards to report on insider risk trends
- Designing ethical use policies for digital communication
- Monitoring for burnout, data hoarding, or suspicious collaboration
- Ensuring legal defensibility in insider investigations
- Balancing employee privacy with organizational protection
- Reporting on digital conduct to the board or ethics committee
- Defining cross-functional response procedures for HR and IT
Module 9: Voice, Video, and Collaboration Security in Microsoft Teams - Securing Microsoft Teams meetings and channels
- Controlling guest access in Teams environments
- Managing data sharing within chat and channel conversations
- Enforcing sensitivity labels on Teams content
- Protecting voice and video calls from eavesdropping
- Applying retention policies to chat and call records
- Monitoring third-party app usage in Teams
- Blocking unauthorized add-ins and bots
- Using DLP policies to prevent data leaks in chats
- Creating Teams governance policies for large enterprises
- Auditing meeting recordings stored in Stream and OneDrive
- Managing compliance for hybrid work environments
- Enabling encryption for Teams call signaling and media
- Configuring Safe Attachments for Teams file uploads
- Reporting on collaboration risk to security leadership
Module 10: Secure Score, Reporting, and Executive Oversight Tools - Understanding Microsoft Secure Score and its components
- Interpreting score trends over time for continuous improvement
- Comparing your score against industry benchmarks
- Aligning Secure Score improvements with business risk reduction
- Translating technical recommendations into investment justifications
- Creating board-ready security dashboards and scorecards
- Using Power BI to visualize Microsoft 365 security posture
- Generating compliance gap reports for internal audit
- Tracking policy adoption and enforcement across business units
- Measuring the ROI of security controls and initiatives
- Establishing KPIs for threat detection and response times
- Monitoring user adoption of security best practices
- Reporting on training effectiveness and phishing simulation outcomes
- Integrating Microsoft 365 data with GRC platforms
- Presenting cyber risk exposure using business impact scenarios
Module 11: Architecture, Integration, and Third-Party Tool Alignment - Designing a layered security architecture for Microsoft 365
- Integrating Microsoft Defender with SIEM platforms
- Using APIs for custom reporting and alerting workflows
- Connecting Microsoft 365 logs to Azure Monitor and Sentinel
- Ensuring consistent policy enforcement across tools
- Evaluating third-party tools for enhanced email security
- Managing identity federation with external partners
- Implementing secure hybrid environments with on-premises systems
- Using Microsoft Graph API for security automation
- Securing Power Platform apps and automation workflows
- Integrating Microsoft 365 with identity providers (Okta, Ping, etc.)
- Managing certificate-based authentication and device trust
- Aligning Microsoft 365 policies with enterprise-wide GRC tools
- Designing single pane of glass monitoring for leadership
- Validating integration points for resilience and continuity
Module 12: Real-World Implementation Projects and Leadership Scenarios - Conducting a security posture assessment for your organization
- Building a 90-day Microsoft 365 security improvement roadmap
- Creating a board presentation on current risk exposure
- Developing a crisis communication plan for a data breach
- Designing a compliance maturity model for continuous improvement
- Running a tabletop exercise for a ransomware attack scenario
- Implementing a security awareness campaign for executives
- Optimizing your Secure Score with prioritized actions
- Reviewing and updating third-party vendor security agreements
- Establishing executive-level performance metrics for IT security
- Executing a data classification pilot across one business unit
- Conducting a DLP policy simulation to test effectiveness
- Building an insider risk investigation playbook
- Creating a governance charter for Microsoft 365 usage
- Presenting a business case for additional security investment
Module 13: Continuous Improvement and Future-Proofing Your Security Posture - Establishing a regular review cadence for security policies
- Subscribing to Microsoft security updates and advisories
- Leveraging Microsoft Secure Score improvement recommendations
- Using Microsoft’s Service Trust Portal for compliance updates
- Monitoring emerging threats in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem
- Planning for quarterly security and compliance health checks
- Aligning security initiatives with technology refresh cycles
- Integrating new features like Passkeys and Continuous Access Evaluation
- Staying ahead of regulatory changes in data privacy laws
- Building a feedback loop between IT, legal, and business units
- Scaling security policies for mergers and acquisitions
- Monitoring user feedback on policy impact and usability
- Updating training materials based on incident trends
- Incorporating lessons learned from real-world breaches
- Ensuring long-term sustainability of your security program
Module 14: Certification Preparation and Post-Course Leadership Pathways - Reviewing all key concepts for certification mastery
- Practicing executive-level decision scenarios
- Preparing for the Certificate of Completion assessment
- Understanding the evaluation criteria and expectations
- Submitting your final project for review
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding your certification to LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Accessing exclusive alumni resources and updates
- Joining a network of enterprise security leaders
- Identifying next-level certifications and training paths
- Advancing your career with demonstrated expertise
- Using your certification in job applications and promotions
- Leading organizational change with credible authority
- Mentoring teams using structured security frameworks
- Driving enterprise-wide transformation with confidence
- Understanding Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) principles
- Discovering unsanctioned apps in your Microsoft 365 environment
- Assessing risk levels for third-party app integrations
- Creating app governance policies with risk-based rules
- Setting up session policies for high-risk applications
- Monitoring OAuth permissions and delegated access risks
- Automating policy enforcement based on user behavior
- Using anomaly detection to identify compromised cloud sessions
- Generating risk score reports for audit committees
- Integrating Cloud App Security with identity and device policies
- Analyzing log data for unusual access patterns or data exports
- Managing SaaS-to-SaaS integrations securely
- Establishing onboarding and offboarding procedures for cloud apps
- Enabling secure external collaboration with policy enforcement
- Presenting cloud risk posture to non-technical stakeholders
Module 7: Compliance Center and Regulatory Alignment - Overview of the Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal
- Managing compliance across email, Teams, and file repositories
- Conducting compliance assessments using the Compliance Manager
- Understanding control benchmarks and regulatory templates
- Tracking compliance posture over time with scorecards
- Assigning and delegating compliance actions to teams
- Integrating third-party regulatory standards into assessments
- Documenting compliance evidence for auditors
- Addressing gaps with actionable implementation steps
- Configuring audit retention and search policies
- Monitoring user activity for compliance policy violations
- Using alerts and notifications for real-time compliance issues
- Setting up automated compliance workflows
- Aligning Microsoft 365 configurations with ISO 27001 requirements
- Preparing for SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR audits using Compliance Manager
Module 8: Insider Risk Management and Digital Conduct Policies - Understanding the insider risk spectrum: negligent vs malicious actors
- Implementing Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
- Configuring policies for data exfiltration and policy violations
- Using machine learning to detect anomalous behavior patterns
- Setting thresholds for risk scoring and escalation
- Integrating HR workflows for employee offboarding risks
- Managing policy conflicts with privacy considerations
- Creating investigation workflows for high-risk alerts
- Using dashboards to report on insider risk trends
- Designing ethical use policies for digital communication
- Monitoring for burnout, data hoarding, or suspicious collaboration
- Ensuring legal defensibility in insider investigations
- Balancing employee privacy with organizational protection
- Reporting on digital conduct to the board or ethics committee
- Defining cross-functional response procedures for HR and IT
Module 9: Voice, Video, and Collaboration Security in Microsoft Teams - Securing Microsoft Teams meetings and channels
- Controlling guest access in Teams environments
- Managing data sharing within chat and channel conversations
- Enforcing sensitivity labels on Teams content
- Protecting voice and video calls from eavesdropping
- Applying retention policies to chat and call records
- Monitoring third-party app usage in Teams
- Blocking unauthorized add-ins and bots
- Using DLP policies to prevent data leaks in chats
- Creating Teams governance policies for large enterprises
- Auditing meeting recordings stored in Stream and OneDrive
- Managing compliance for hybrid work environments
- Enabling encryption for Teams call signaling and media
- Configuring Safe Attachments for Teams file uploads
- Reporting on collaboration risk to security leadership
Module 10: Secure Score, Reporting, and Executive Oversight Tools - Understanding Microsoft Secure Score and its components
- Interpreting score trends over time for continuous improvement
- Comparing your score against industry benchmarks
- Aligning Secure Score improvements with business risk reduction
- Translating technical recommendations into investment justifications
- Creating board-ready security dashboards and scorecards
- Using Power BI to visualize Microsoft 365 security posture
- Generating compliance gap reports for internal audit
- Tracking policy adoption and enforcement across business units
- Measuring the ROI of security controls and initiatives
- Establishing KPIs for threat detection and response times
- Monitoring user adoption of security best practices
- Reporting on training effectiveness and phishing simulation outcomes
- Integrating Microsoft 365 data with GRC platforms
- Presenting cyber risk exposure using business impact scenarios
Module 11: Architecture, Integration, and Third-Party Tool Alignment - Designing a layered security architecture for Microsoft 365
- Integrating Microsoft Defender with SIEM platforms
- Using APIs for custom reporting and alerting workflows
- Connecting Microsoft 365 logs to Azure Monitor and Sentinel
- Ensuring consistent policy enforcement across tools
- Evaluating third-party tools for enhanced email security
- Managing identity federation with external partners
- Implementing secure hybrid environments with on-premises systems
- Using Microsoft Graph API for security automation
- Securing Power Platform apps and automation workflows
- Integrating Microsoft 365 with identity providers (Okta, Ping, etc.)
- Managing certificate-based authentication and device trust
- Aligning Microsoft 365 policies with enterprise-wide GRC tools
- Designing single pane of glass monitoring for leadership
- Validating integration points for resilience and continuity
Module 12: Real-World Implementation Projects and Leadership Scenarios - Conducting a security posture assessment for your organization
- Building a 90-day Microsoft 365 security improvement roadmap
- Creating a board presentation on current risk exposure
- Developing a crisis communication plan for a data breach
- Designing a compliance maturity model for continuous improvement
- Running a tabletop exercise for a ransomware attack scenario
- Implementing a security awareness campaign for executives
- Optimizing your Secure Score with prioritized actions
- Reviewing and updating third-party vendor security agreements
- Establishing executive-level performance metrics for IT security
- Executing a data classification pilot across one business unit
- Conducting a DLP policy simulation to test effectiveness
- Building an insider risk investigation playbook
- Creating a governance charter for Microsoft 365 usage
- Presenting a business case for additional security investment
Module 13: Continuous Improvement and Future-Proofing Your Security Posture - Establishing a regular review cadence for security policies
- Subscribing to Microsoft security updates and advisories
- Leveraging Microsoft Secure Score improvement recommendations
- Using Microsoft’s Service Trust Portal for compliance updates
- Monitoring emerging threats in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem
- Planning for quarterly security and compliance health checks
- Aligning security initiatives with technology refresh cycles
- Integrating new features like Passkeys and Continuous Access Evaluation
- Staying ahead of regulatory changes in data privacy laws
- Building a feedback loop between IT, legal, and business units
- Scaling security policies for mergers and acquisitions
- Monitoring user feedback on policy impact and usability
- Updating training materials based on incident trends
- Incorporating lessons learned from real-world breaches
- Ensuring long-term sustainability of your security program
Module 14: Certification Preparation and Post-Course Leadership Pathways - Reviewing all key concepts for certification mastery
- Practicing executive-level decision scenarios
- Preparing for the Certificate of Completion assessment
- Understanding the evaluation criteria and expectations
- Submitting your final project for review
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding your certification to LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Accessing exclusive alumni resources and updates
- Joining a network of enterprise security leaders
- Identifying next-level certifications and training paths
- Advancing your career with demonstrated expertise
- Using your certification in job applications and promotions
- Leading organizational change with credible authority
- Mentoring teams using structured security frameworks
- Driving enterprise-wide transformation with confidence
- Understanding the insider risk spectrum: negligent vs malicious actors
- Implementing Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
- Configuring policies for data exfiltration and policy violations
- Using machine learning to detect anomalous behavior patterns
- Setting thresholds for risk scoring and escalation
- Integrating HR workflows for employee offboarding risks
- Managing policy conflicts with privacy considerations
- Creating investigation workflows for high-risk alerts
- Using dashboards to report on insider risk trends
- Designing ethical use policies for digital communication
- Monitoring for burnout, data hoarding, or suspicious collaboration
- Ensuring legal defensibility in insider investigations
- Balancing employee privacy with organizational protection
- Reporting on digital conduct to the board or ethics committee
- Defining cross-functional response procedures for HR and IT
Module 9: Voice, Video, and Collaboration Security in Microsoft Teams - Securing Microsoft Teams meetings and channels
- Controlling guest access in Teams environments
- Managing data sharing within chat and channel conversations
- Enforcing sensitivity labels on Teams content
- Protecting voice and video calls from eavesdropping
- Applying retention policies to chat and call records
- Monitoring third-party app usage in Teams
- Blocking unauthorized add-ins and bots
- Using DLP policies to prevent data leaks in chats
- Creating Teams governance policies for large enterprises
- Auditing meeting recordings stored in Stream and OneDrive
- Managing compliance for hybrid work environments
- Enabling encryption for Teams call signaling and media
- Configuring Safe Attachments for Teams file uploads
- Reporting on collaboration risk to security leadership
Module 10: Secure Score, Reporting, and Executive Oversight Tools - Understanding Microsoft Secure Score and its components
- Interpreting score trends over time for continuous improvement
- Comparing your score against industry benchmarks
- Aligning Secure Score improvements with business risk reduction
- Translating technical recommendations into investment justifications
- Creating board-ready security dashboards and scorecards
- Using Power BI to visualize Microsoft 365 security posture
- Generating compliance gap reports for internal audit
- Tracking policy adoption and enforcement across business units
- Measuring the ROI of security controls and initiatives
- Establishing KPIs for threat detection and response times
- Monitoring user adoption of security best practices
- Reporting on training effectiveness and phishing simulation outcomes
- Integrating Microsoft 365 data with GRC platforms
- Presenting cyber risk exposure using business impact scenarios
Module 11: Architecture, Integration, and Third-Party Tool Alignment - Designing a layered security architecture for Microsoft 365
- Integrating Microsoft Defender with SIEM platforms
- Using APIs for custom reporting and alerting workflows
- Connecting Microsoft 365 logs to Azure Monitor and Sentinel
- Ensuring consistent policy enforcement across tools
- Evaluating third-party tools for enhanced email security
- Managing identity federation with external partners
- Implementing secure hybrid environments with on-premises systems
- Using Microsoft Graph API for security automation
- Securing Power Platform apps and automation workflows
- Integrating Microsoft 365 with identity providers (Okta, Ping, etc.)
- Managing certificate-based authentication and device trust
- Aligning Microsoft 365 policies with enterprise-wide GRC tools
- Designing single pane of glass monitoring for leadership
- Validating integration points for resilience and continuity
Module 12: Real-World Implementation Projects and Leadership Scenarios - Conducting a security posture assessment for your organization
- Building a 90-day Microsoft 365 security improvement roadmap
- Creating a board presentation on current risk exposure
- Developing a crisis communication plan for a data breach
- Designing a compliance maturity model for continuous improvement
- Running a tabletop exercise for a ransomware attack scenario
- Implementing a security awareness campaign for executives
- Optimizing your Secure Score with prioritized actions
- Reviewing and updating third-party vendor security agreements
- Establishing executive-level performance metrics for IT security
- Executing a data classification pilot across one business unit
- Conducting a DLP policy simulation to test effectiveness
- Building an insider risk investigation playbook
- Creating a governance charter for Microsoft 365 usage
- Presenting a business case for additional security investment
Module 13: Continuous Improvement and Future-Proofing Your Security Posture - Establishing a regular review cadence for security policies
- Subscribing to Microsoft security updates and advisories
- Leveraging Microsoft Secure Score improvement recommendations
- Using Microsoft’s Service Trust Portal for compliance updates
- Monitoring emerging threats in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem
- Planning for quarterly security and compliance health checks
- Aligning security initiatives with technology refresh cycles
- Integrating new features like Passkeys and Continuous Access Evaluation
- Staying ahead of regulatory changes in data privacy laws
- Building a feedback loop between IT, legal, and business units
- Scaling security policies for mergers and acquisitions
- Monitoring user feedback on policy impact and usability
- Updating training materials based on incident trends
- Incorporating lessons learned from real-world breaches
- Ensuring long-term sustainability of your security program
Module 14: Certification Preparation and Post-Course Leadership Pathways - Reviewing all key concepts for certification mastery
- Practicing executive-level decision scenarios
- Preparing for the Certificate of Completion assessment
- Understanding the evaluation criteria and expectations
- Submitting your final project for review
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding your certification to LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Accessing exclusive alumni resources and updates
- Joining a network of enterprise security leaders
- Identifying next-level certifications and training paths
- Advancing your career with demonstrated expertise
- Using your certification in job applications and promotions
- Leading organizational change with credible authority
- Mentoring teams using structured security frameworks
- Driving enterprise-wide transformation with confidence
- Understanding Microsoft Secure Score and its components
- Interpreting score trends over time for continuous improvement
- Comparing your score against industry benchmarks
- Aligning Secure Score improvements with business risk reduction
- Translating technical recommendations into investment justifications
- Creating board-ready security dashboards and scorecards
- Using Power BI to visualize Microsoft 365 security posture
- Generating compliance gap reports for internal audit
- Tracking policy adoption and enforcement across business units
- Measuring the ROI of security controls and initiatives
- Establishing KPIs for threat detection and response times
- Monitoring user adoption of security best practices
- Reporting on training effectiveness and phishing simulation outcomes
- Integrating Microsoft 365 data with GRC platforms
- Presenting cyber risk exposure using business impact scenarios
Module 11: Architecture, Integration, and Third-Party Tool Alignment - Designing a layered security architecture for Microsoft 365
- Integrating Microsoft Defender with SIEM platforms
- Using APIs for custom reporting and alerting workflows
- Connecting Microsoft 365 logs to Azure Monitor and Sentinel
- Ensuring consistent policy enforcement across tools
- Evaluating third-party tools for enhanced email security
- Managing identity federation with external partners
- Implementing secure hybrid environments with on-premises systems
- Using Microsoft Graph API for security automation
- Securing Power Platform apps and automation workflows
- Integrating Microsoft 365 with identity providers (Okta, Ping, etc.)
- Managing certificate-based authentication and device trust
- Aligning Microsoft 365 policies with enterprise-wide GRC tools
- Designing single pane of glass monitoring for leadership
- Validating integration points for resilience and continuity
Module 12: Real-World Implementation Projects and Leadership Scenarios - Conducting a security posture assessment for your organization
- Building a 90-day Microsoft 365 security improvement roadmap
- Creating a board presentation on current risk exposure
- Developing a crisis communication plan for a data breach
- Designing a compliance maturity model for continuous improvement
- Running a tabletop exercise for a ransomware attack scenario
- Implementing a security awareness campaign for executives
- Optimizing your Secure Score with prioritized actions
- Reviewing and updating third-party vendor security agreements
- Establishing executive-level performance metrics for IT security
- Executing a data classification pilot across one business unit
- Conducting a DLP policy simulation to test effectiveness
- Building an insider risk investigation playbook
- Creating a governance charter for Microsoft 365 usage
- Presenting a business case for additional security investment
Module 13: Continuous Improvement and Future-Proofing Your Security Posture - Establishing a regular review cadence for security policies
- Subscribing to Microsoft security updates and advisories
- Leveraging Microsoft Secure Score improvement recommendations
- Using Microsoft’s Service Trust Portal for compliance updates
- Monitoring emerging threats in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem
- Planning for quarterly security and compliance health checks
- Aligning security initiatives with technology refresh cycles
- Integrating new features like Passkeys and Continuous Access Evaluation
- Staying ahead of regulatory changes in data privacy laws
- Building a feedback loop between IT, legal, and business units
- Scaling security policies for mergers and acquisitions
- Monitoring user feedback on policy impact and usability
- Updating training materials based on incident trends
- Incorporating lessons learned from real-world breaches
- Ensuring long-term sustainability of your security program
Module 14: Certification Preparation and Post-Course Leadership Pathways - Reviewing all key concepts for certification mastery
- Practicing executive-level decision scenarios
- Preparing for the Certificate of Completion assessment
- Understanding the evaluation criteria and expectations
- Submitting your final project for review
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding your certification to LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Accessing exclusive alumni resources and updates
- Joining a network of enterprise security leaders
- Identifying next-level certifications and training paths
- Advancing your career with demonstrated expertise
- Using your certification in job applications and promotions
- Leading organizational change with credible authority
- Mentoring teams using structured security frameworks
- Driving enterprise-wide transformation with confidence
- Conducting a security posture assessment for your organization
- Building a 90-day Microsoft 365 security improvement roadmap
- Creating a board presentation on current risk exposure
- Developing a crisis communication plan for a data breach
- Designing a compliance maturity model for continuous improvement
- Running a tabletop exercise for a ransomware attack scenario
- Implementing a security awareness campaign for executives
- Optimizing your Secure Score with prioritized actions
- Reviewing and updating third-party vendor security agreements
- Establishing executive-level performance metrics for IT security
- Executing a data classification pilot across one business unit
- Conducting a DLP policy simulation to test effectiveness
- Building an insider risk investigation playbook
- Creating a governance charter for Microsoft 365 usage
- Presenting a business case for additional security investment
Module 13: Continuous Improvement and Future-Proofing Your Security Posture - Establishing a regular review cadence for security policies
- Subscribing to Microsoft security updates and advisories
- Leveraging Microsoft Secure Score improvement recommendations
- Using Microsoft’s Service Trust Portal for compliance updates
- Monitoring emerging threats in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem
- Planning for quarterly security and compliance health checks
- Aligning security initiatives with technology refresh cycles
- Integrating new features like Passkeys and Continuous Access Evaluation
- Staying ahead of regulatory changes in data privacy laws
- Building a feedback loop between IT, legal, and business units
- Scaling security policies for mergers and acquisitions
- Monitoring user feedback on policy impact and usability
- Updating training materials based on incident trends
- Incorporating lessons learned from real-world breaches
- Ensuring long-term sustainability of your security program
Module 14: Certification Preparation and Post-Course Leadership Pathways - Reviewing all key concepts for certification mastery
- Practicing executive-level decision scenarios
- Preparing for the Certificate of Completion assessment
- Understanding the evaluation criteria and expectations
- Submitting your final project for review
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding your certification to LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Accessing exclusive alumni resources and updates
- Joining a network of enterprise security leaders
- Identifying next-level certifications and training paths
- Advancing your career with demonstrated expertise
- Using your certification in job applications and promotions
- Leading organizational change with credible authority
- Mentoring teams using structured security frameworks
- Driving enterprise-wide transformation with confidence
- Reviewing all key concepts for certification mastery
- Practicing executive-level decision scenarios
- Preparing for the Certificate of Completion assessment
- Understanding the evaluation criteria and expectations
- Submitting your final project for review
- Receiving your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Adding your certification to LinkedIn and professional profiles
- Accessing exclusive alumni resources and updates
- Joining a network of enterprise security leaders
- Identifying next-level certifications and training paths
- Advancing your career with demonstrated expertise
- Using your certification in job applications and promotions
- Leading organizational change with credible authority
- Mentoring teams using structured security frameworks
- Driving enterprise-wide transformation with confidence