The Security Insights Show Episode 294 | Andre Keartland | The Microsoft SC-500 exam

The crew will talk about Franks favorite topic, exam and exam taking.

We will have Andre Keartland from Netsurit.com to talk about the exam and his perspective about what it covers and why it is important to certain security operators.

Show Links - This is why SC-500 is full-stack - Microsoft CISO advice: Securing AI with full stack red teaming - Inside Track Blog

Words of Wisdom:

“Aim to die broke. Give to your beneficiaries before you die; it’s more fun and useful. Spend it all! Your last check should go to the funeral home and it should bounce”

General

* Microsoft Build 2026: Securing code, agents, and models across the development lifecycle | Microsoft Security Blog

* AI brands as bait: How threat actors are using the AI hype in social engineering | Microsoft Security Blog

* Reconstructing AI activity in investigations | Microsoft Security Blog

* June 2026 Patch Tuesday – Record volume with multiple zero-days | Microsoft Security Response Center

AI Security

* Updating the taxonomy of failure modes in agentic AI systems | Microsoft Security Blog

* Securing CI/CD in an agentic world: Claude Code Github action case | Microsoft Security Blog

Agent365

* Microsoft Build 2026: Securing code, agents, and models | Microsoft Security Blog

* Agent 365 Agent Registry + local agent discovery (Preview) | Microsoft Learn

* Overview of Microsoft Agent 365 | Microsoft Learn

Azure Security & Defender for Cloud News

* What’s new in Defender for Cloud features (June 2026 updates) | Microsoft Learn

Threat Intelligence

* AI brands as bait: How threat actors are using the AI hype in social engineering | Microsoft Security Blog

Microsoft Entra

* What’s New in Microsoft Entra: June 2026 | Microsoft Tech Community

Device Management & Protection (Intune)

* What’s new in Microsoft Intune (June 2026) | Microsoft Learn

Defender XDR & Sentinel

* Monthly news – June 2026 | Microsoft Defender XDR Blog

* Reason over Microsoft Sentinel graphs with graph tool (Preview) | Microsoft Learn

* Best practices for Microsoft Sentinel | Microsoft Learn

* Defender XDR + Sentinel integration guide | Microsoft Learn

Copilot for Security

* Microsoft Security Copilot overview | Microsoft Learn

* Security Copilot agents overview | Microsoft Learn

Purview – Compliance & Governance

* Microsoft Purview protections for generative AI & Copilot | Microsoft Learn

* Use Microsoft Purview to manage data security for Microsoft 365 Copilot | Microsoft Learn

* Purview for AI agents & Agent 365 | Microsoft Learn

Featured Resources & Deep Dives

* Setup & deployment guide for Microsoft Defender XDR

* Advanced hunting best practices in Defender XDR

* Best practices for data collection in Sentinel

* Configure a secure foundation for Microsoft 365 Copilot

* Security for AI solutions hub

What’s New in Defender (June 2026)

* What’s new in Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn (Official Reference)

* (Preview) Local AI agent discovery and runtime protection on Windows endpoints

* (Preview) Enhanced graph tool collection in Microsoft Sentinel for reasoning over relationships

* Record Patch Tuesday volume with multiple zero-days addressed (including Defender elevations of privilege)

* Expanded Agent 365 context mapping, registry, and local agent capabilities

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