SC-400: Information Protection Administrator

About the Certification

The Microsoft information protection administrator plans and implements controls that meet organizational information protection and governance requirements using Microsoft 365 information protection services. This person should be available to translate information protection requirements and controls into technical implementation.

They assist information technology (IT) personnel, business application owners, human resources, and legal stakeholders in implementing technology solutions that support the policies and controls necessary to address regulatory requirements for their organization sufficiently. They also work with the security and governance leadership, such as a chief compliance officer, chief data officer, and security officer, to evaluate the full breadth of associated enterprise risk and partner to develop those policies.

Why did i pursue this Certification

I'm seeing more and more companies focused on the GRC area wanting to explore Microsoft Compliance technologies more deeply.

Insider Risk Management, MS Purview Information Protection, and DLP often come into dialogue.

At the same time, new services and features, such as Microsoft Priva and Microsoft Entra, appear continuously. There is enough to explore.

Now was the time to grab the last one in the SC series (SC-400 Information Protection Administrator). It can only be recommended. Quite a few features have been added that I was not familiar with.

Working more with these concepts and our experts will be exciting.

Expectation vs. Reality

I expected it to be a more difficult exam because I was pretty out of my comfort zone.

I was not wrong, but that also made it one of the more challenging exams because there were many new features I was unfamiliar with, so my general understanding was improved a lot.

The most interesting area for me was, without a doubt, Identity Governance, and I would have liked to have gone more in-depth into many of the different Microsoft E5—Compliance/Purview areas.

The Most Helpful Resources

I used Microsoft Learn + my lab environment for this certification because there was a lot regarding inheritance and different types of groups and users. I also needed to validate different use case scenarios.

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