Azure Cloud Security Lab – Ethical Hacking Essentials

This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. This course explores ethical hacking and pentesting techniques in the Azure cloud environment. You’ll start by setting up your pentesting lab with Microsoft 365 and Azure’s free tools, followed by techniques for reconnaissance and identifying targets in Azure. You'll learn domain discovery, user enumeration, and Azure Active Directory. You will also master initial access techniques, including brute force, password spraying, and phishing using EvilGinx. The course covers exploiting Azure Blob storage vulnerabilities and methods for mitigating these attacks. Security measures like Conditional Access and Identity Protection will strengthen defences against common cloud-based threats. This course is for security professionals, ethical hackers, and cloud admins. Basic knowledge of cloud environments and penetration testing is recommended. By the end of the course, you will have the skills to set up a pentesting lab, perform attacks, and secure Azure environments.