Microsoft - Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals Study Guide

1: Describe the concepts of security, compliance, and identity

This chapter builds the conceptual foundation every later topic depends on: how responsibility for security is split between a cloud provider and its customers, how layered defenses and a Zero Trust mindset reduce risk, how encryption and hashing protect data, and how governance, risk, and compliance shape decisions. It closes by treating identity as the control plane of the cloud, explaining authentication, authorization, identity providers, directory services, and federation.