Cybersecurity Architect Expert
The SC-100: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert certification is an expert-level credential that validates your ability to design and implement security solutions following Zero Trust principles across identity, infrastructure, applications, and data, and requires annual renewal to maintain active status
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The SC-100: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert certification is an expert-level credential designed to validate your skills in translating cybersecurity strategy into capabilities that protect organizational assets, business, and operations. This exam is ideal for security professionals who want to demonstrate their ability to design and implement security solutions following Zero Trust principles, including strategies for identity, devices, data, AI, applications, network, infrastructure, and DevOps. The certification covers four core areas: .
The SC-100 certification expires after one year and must be renewed. You can renew for free by passing an online renewal assessment during the six-month window before your certification expires. If your certification lapses, you must retake and pass the full SC-100 exam to regain it.
The SC-100 serves as an advanced credential for security architects and engineers, requiring prerequisite certifications like Azure Security Engineer Associate, Identity and Access Administrator Associate, or Security Operations Analyst Associate.
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The Microsoft Certification Exam
The Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100) exam consists of approximately 50 questions (the exact number varies slightly from one test to another) and you have 120 minutes to complete it. You must achieve a passing score of 700 out of 1000 points to pass.
The exam mixes several question formats to assess your knowledge. You can expect the classic single-answer multiple-choice items, multiple-select questions where two or more options are correct, and drag-and-drop questions. There are also occasional yes/no questions.
You will also get case-study or scenario-based questions that present business problems requiring you to choose the best solution. And you can expect hands-on lab questions where you must perform specific tasks in a live Azure environment.