✅ SC-400: Mastering Information Protection and Governance (2025 Edition)

In a world brimming with data, protecting sensitive information is more critical than ever. SC-400: Microsoft Information Protection Administrator empowers you to safeguard and govern your organization’s data across Microsoft 365 and Azure ecosystems.

Ready to secure what matters most? Let’s dig into this powerful certification. 🔐📁

✅ 📌 What is SC-400?

SC-400 validates your skills in implementing data protection strategies, managing compliance controls, and preventing information leaks using Microsoft’s security and compliance center.

🔹 Who It’s For:

• Compliance Officers

• Information Protection Admins

• IT Security Professionals handling data governance

📋 Recommended Prereqs:

• Familiarity with Microsoft 365 compliance tools

• SC-900 is helpful, but not required

✅ 🧠 Domains You’ll Master

1. Implement Information Protection

   • Sensitivity labels and label policies

   • Auto-labeling for emails and documents

   • Azure Information Protection (AIP)

2. Implement Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

   • DLP policies for Teams, Exchange, OneDrive, and SharePoint

   • Configure policy tips and alerts

   • Integrate DLP with Microsoft Defender

3. Implement Information Governance

   • Retention policies, labels, and rules

   • Microsoft Purview lifecycle management

   • Archiving, records management, and policy inheritance

4. Manage Insider Risk and Compliance Solutions

   • Insider risk policies and analytics

   • Communication compliance, compliance manager

   • eDiscovery Standard vs Premium

✅ 📚 Study Resources (4–6 Weeks)

🔹 Microsoft Learn Path Free modules and real-world policy walkthroughs ➡️ SC-400 Learn Modules

🔹 Courses

• Udemy: SC-400 deep dive by Alan Rodrigues

• Pluralsight: Info protection for Microsoft 365

• Microsoft Docs: Compliance and Purview tutorials

🔹 Practice Tools

• Tutorials Dojo & MeasureUp quizzes

• Use a Microsoft 365 Developer tenant for hands-on learning

✅ 📝 Exam Format (2025)

• Duration: ~100–120 minutes

• Question Types: Multiple choice, drag-and-drop, scenarios

• Passing Score: 700/1000

• Cost: ~$165 USD

💡 Pro Tips to Pass:

• Practice creating and testing sensitivity labels

• Understand DLP policies deeply—what triggers them and what happens next

• Study real-world governance scenarios (e.g., retention vs records policies)

✅ 🌍 Post-Certification Impact

🎯 Job Roles:

• Information Protection Specialist

• Compliance Engineer

• Records Management Lead

📈 Cert Stack Suggestions:

• SC-300 for identity & access control

• SC-200 for threat response workflows

• SC-100 to complete the Microsoft Security Expert journey

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Thanks for reading, guardian of governance!