A higher‑education cloud security simulation based on publicly reported storage misconfiguration exposure patterns affecting student records, academic data, and institutional information.
Mixed — Security, Compliance, and Institutional Leadership
Self‑paced – 60‑Day Access
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Who This Program Is For
Higher education security and IT teams
Cloud engineers managing Azure education workloads
Compliance and governance officers overseeing student data protection
SOC analysts monitoring unauthorized access to academic records
Institutional leadership responsible for breach notification and trust management
Key Outcomes
Identify exposure risks in Azure storage workloads supporting student and academic data
Interpret and correlate anomalous access signals in Microsoft Sentinel
Validate student data classification coverage and governance impact using Microsoft Purview
Accelerate investigative reasoning using Security Copilot
Evaluate remediation and posture validation approaches with Copilot in Azure
Communicate structured findings to institutional leadership and oversight stakeholders
Course Overview
This simulation reflects patterns observed in publicly reported education sector cloud exposure incidents involving misconfigured storage endpoints exposing student records, academic data, and institutional information.
Participants navigate a realistic breach lifecycle from detection through remediation, balancing security response with regulatory requirements and institutional trust considerations.
Course Outline
Module 1 — Education Threat Context
Understanding regulated student and academic data in Azure
Storage exposure and institutional data risk
Regulatory considerations in education environments
Module 2 — Exposure Detection (Defender for Cloud)
Identifying misconfigured storage and access paths
Reviewing posture severity and exposure alerts
Understanding unauthorized access indicators
Module 3 — Investigation (Microsoft Sentinel)
Correlating abnormal access activity
Running scope determination queries
Mapping activity to structured threat techniques
Module 4 — Governance and Compliance Impact (Microsoft Purview)
Validating classification of student and academic records
Reviewing policy coverage and gaps
Assessing disclosure and compliance implications
Module 5 — AI‑Assisted Triage (Security Copilot)
Generating incident summaries
Validating containment and remediation logic
Preparing leadership communications
Module 6 — Remediation (Copilot in Azure)
Correcting configuration weaknesses
Re‑validating posture
Documenting institutional improvements
Business Impact & Operational Outcomes
By completing Code Red: Student Records Exposure Simulation, participants will be able to:
Reduce time to detect and contain cloud‑based student data exposure incidents
Improve coordination between IT, security, compliance, and leadership teams
Validate governance impact before notification decisions
Strengthen cloud data protection practices to prevent repeat incidents
Translate technical findings into leadership‑ready communication
Align operational response with education regulatory and institutional expectations
This course builds disciplined incident reasoning across Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Purview, Security Copilot, and Copilot in Azure.
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