Google Cloud
Security in Google Cloud Platform
Secure Google Cloud environments end to end.
3 daysIntermediate1 modules
About this course
Secure Google Cloud environments end to end. Over three days you will apply the shared responsibility model, configure IAM for least privilege, secure compute, storage and Kubernetes workloads, design secure networks, detect and respond to threats, and mitigate common vulnerabilities and DDoS attacks.
What you'll learn
- Identify the foundations of Google Cloud security
- Configure IAM roles and policies for least-privilege access
- Secure Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, and Kubernetes workloads
- Design secure VPC networks and apply network-level controls
- Detect, monitor, and respond to security threats using built-in GCP tools
- Prevent and mitigate common vulnerabilities and DDoS attacks
Curriculum
1 modules
- Foundations of Google Cloud Security Shared responsibility model
- Security controls and tools overview
- Securing Access to Google Cloud Identity types, Cloud Identity
- IAM basics and advanced permissions
- Identity and Access Management (IAM) Policies, roles, service accounts
- Best practices for access control
- Configuring Virtual Private Cloud for Isolation and Security Subnets, firewalls, Private Google Access
- Flow logs and secure communication
- Securing Compute Engine Instance identity and metadata
- OS patching, image management
- Securing Cloud Data Cloud Storage and encryption options
- IAM for data access
- Securing Applications Secure design principles
- Web Security Scanner, content protection
- Securing Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Workload identity, RBAC, network policies
- Secure pod deployment
- Protecting Against DDoS Attacks Cloud Armor, Load Balancing, autoscaling
- Real-time protection strategies
- Addressing Content-Related Vulnerabilities Cloud DLP, BeyondCorp, data classification
- Monitoring, Logging, Auditing, and Scanning Cloud Audit Logs, Security Command Center, Cloud Monitoring
- Threat detection and incident response
Who it's for
Security engineers, architects and cloud administrators.
Before you start
No formal prerequisites. Bring curiosity and a willingness to practise.
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