Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate

Validates expertise in implementing, managing, and monitoring security for resources in Azure, multi-cloud, and hybrid environments. This associate-level certification covers securing identity and access with Microsoft Entra ID, Privileged Identity Management, MFA, and Conditional Access, securing networking with NSGs, Azure Firewall, Private Link, WAF, and DDoS Protection, securing compute, storage, and databases including AKS, disk encryption, and Azure SQL security features, and managing security posture and threat protection using Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Sentinel. Requires practical experience in Azure administration and strong familiarity with Microsoft Entra ID, compute, network, and storage.