Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert Practice Exam: Test Your Knowledge 2025

Your organization is implementing a Zero Trust security model for their Azure environment. You need to ensure that access to resources is granted based on real-time risk assessment and continuous verification. Which combination of Azure services should you recommend to achieve explicit verification of users and devices?

A financial services company must comply with multiple regulatory frameworks including PCI DSS, SOC 2, and ISO 27001. The security team needs a centralized way to assess compliance posture across their multi-cloud environment including Azure and AWS. What should you recommend?

Your company is deploying a multi-tier web application on Azure. The application tier needs to connect to a backend database, but you must ensure that database endpoints are never exposed to the public internet. Which Azure networking security feature should you implement?

An enterprise application stores sensitive customer data in Azure SQL Database and Azure Storage. You need to implement a data classification and protection strategy that automatically discovers, classifies, and applies protection policies to sensitive data. What combination of services should you recommend?

You are designing a security architecture for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters hosting microservices. You need to implement network segmentation between pods and enforce least privilege access. Which approach aligns with Zero Trust principles?

Your organization has experienced a security incident where an attacker used compromised credentials to access cloud resources. You need to design a strategy that limits the blast radius of future credential compromises. What should be the primary focus of your architectural recommendation?

A company needs to implement a privileged access management strategy for Azure resources. Administrators should only have elevated permissions when needed, and all privileged actions must be audited. What solution should you recommend?

Your organization is migrating legacy applications to Azure Virtual Machines. These VMs will host applications that cannot support modern authentication protocols. You need to secure management access to these VMs without exposing RDP/SSH ports to the internet. What solution should you implement?

A healthcare organization must ensure that personal health information (PHI) stored in Azure is encrypted both at rest and in transit, with the organization maintaining full control over encryption keys. The solution must support key rotation and provide an audit trail of all key usage. What encryption strategy should you recommend?

Your company is implementing a DevSecOps strategy. Security vulnerabilities in container images must be detected before deployment to production. Which approach should you recommend to integrate security scanning into the CI/CD pipeline?

An organization operates in multiple regulated industries and must demonstrate continuous compliance. The security team needs to track compliance drift and receive alerts when resources become non-compliant with regulatory requirements. What Azure service provides this capability?

You are designing security for an Azure App Service hosting a web application that processes credit card payments. The application must comply with PCI DSS requirements. Which combination of security controls should you implement?

Your organization uses Azure Virtual Desktop for remote workers. You need to ensure that session hosts are protected against malware and that security configurations remain compliant. What security architecture should you implement?

A multinational corporation needs to implement data residency controls to ensure that data from EU customers never leaves the European region, while data from US customers remains in the United States. The application uses Azure SQL Database and Azure Storage. What strategy should you recommend?

Your organization is implementing microsegmentation in Azure to limit lateral movement in case of a security breach. You have multiple application tiers across several virtual networks. What is the most effective way to implement microsegmentation?

A company wants to ensure that all Azure resources are deployed with security best practices. Resources that don't meet security standards should either be prevented from being deployed or automatically remediated. What approach should you take?

Your organization is adopting a Zero Trust network architecture. Legacy applications that don't support modern authentication need to access Azure resources. How should you design the authentication architecture?

A SaaS application running on Azure needs to integrate with customer Azure AD tenants for single sign-on. The application must be able to authenticate users from multiple customer organizations. What identity architecture should you implement?

Your organization needs to protect sensitive data in Azure SQL Database from insider threats, including database administrators. The solution must ensure that even privileged users cannot view sensitive data in plain text. What security control should you implement?

You are designing a security architecture for Azure resources that must ensure no data exfiltration can occur through administrative access. Administrators need to manage resources but should not be able to extract data. What combination of controls should you implement?