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Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Security Engineer Professional Certificate

Advance your career as a Cloud Security Engineer

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Intermediate level

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Flexible schedule
2 months, 10 hours a week
Learn at your own pace
Build toward a degree

What you'll learn

  • Learn the skills needed to be successful in a cloud security engineer role

  • Prepare for the Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer certification exam

  • Learn about Cloud Security including managing access, defining organizational structure/ policies, configuring network security, and analyzing logs.

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Professional Certificate - 14 course series

Preparing for Your Professional Cloud Security Engineer Journey

Course 15 hours4.7 (141 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Describe the domains covered on the Professional Cloud Security Engineer Certification exam.

  • Identify gaps in your knowledge and skills for each domain and create a study plan.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Network Monitoring
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Virtual Machines
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Network Troubleshooting
Category: Network Analysis
Category: Computer Networking
Category: Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
Category: Network Architecture

Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure

Course 25 hours4.7 (48,527 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Identify the purpose and value of Google Cloud products and services.

  • Define how infrastructure is organized and controlled in Google Cloud

  • Explain how to create a basic infrastructure in Google Cloud

  • Select and use Google Cloud storage options

Skills you'll gain

Category: Hybrid Cloud Computing
Category: Network Infrastructure
Category: Wide Area Networks
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Data Centers
Category: Multi-Cloud
Category: General Networking
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
Category: Cloud Technologies
Category: Network Architecture

Networking in Google Cloud: Fundamentals

Course 35 hours4.8 (1,572 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Explain the concept of multiple network interfaces (NICs) and why they’re useful in a VPC network.

  • Connect two or more VPC networks.

  • Differentiate between Standard and Premium Network Service Tiers.

  • Use Network Intelligence Center, Cloud Logging, and Cloud Monitoring to troubleshoot network problems.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Continuous Monitoring
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Security Controls
Category: Data Loss Prevention
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Threat Detection
Category: Threat Management
Category: Cloud Management
Category: Vulnerability Management
Category: IT Automation
Category: Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks
Category: Infrastructure Security
Category: Identity and Access Management

Networking in Google Cloud: Routing and Addressing

Course 43 hours4.8 (1,045 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Configure connectivity to Google Cloud VPC networks.

  • Configure private connection options to provide access to external resources and services from internal networks.

  • Identify the best Network Service Tier for your needs.

  • Configure monitoring and logging to troubleshoot networks problems.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Security
Category: Network Security
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Data Security
Category: Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards
Category: CI/CD
Category: Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
Category: Key Management
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: User Accounts
Category: Security Engineering
Category: Encryption
Category: Firewall
Category: Authorization (Computing)
Category: Cloud Standards

Networking in Google Cloud: Network Architecture

Course 51 hour

What you'll learn

  • Analyze the key considerations for designing a scalable, secure, performant, and cost-efficient Google Cloud network architecture.

  • Implement a hub and spoke network topology

  • Visualize, troubleshoot, and optimize Google Cloud networks.

  • Apply best practices for designing and managing Google Cloud networks in cloud-only, multi-cloud, and hybrid environments.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Kubernetes
Category: Hardening
Category: Vulnerability Scanning
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Data Security
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Key Management
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Security Controls
Category: Encryption
Category: Application Security
Category: Authorization (Computing)
Category: Virtual Machines
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Category: OAuth

Networking in Google Cloud: Network Security

Course 65 hours

What you'll learn

  • Deploy Cloud IDS and configure its settings according to specific security needs.

  • Identify methods Google Cloud uses to mitigate the risk of DDoS for its customers.

  • Define packet mirroring and explain its role in network analysis and troubleshooting.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Intrusion Detection and Prevention
Category: Network Monitoring
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Network Security
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Firewall
Category: Proxy Servers
Category: Threat Detection
Category: Network Administration
Category: Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks
Category: Identity and Access Management

Networking in Google Cloud: Load Balancing

Course 72 hours

What you'll learn

  • Implement hybrid load balancing.

  • Manage traffic to the load balancers.

  • Use Google Cloud Armor with your load balancers.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Public Cloud
Category: Single Sign-On (SSO)
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Security Controls
Category: Network Security
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Firewall
Category: Authorization (Computing)
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
Category: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Category: Authentications
Category: Identity and Access Management

Networking in Google Cloud: Hybrid and Multicloud

Course 82 hours

What you'll learn

  • Explain the different connectivity options available to extend your on-premises and other cloud networks to Google Cloud.

  • Analyze the suitability of different Google Cloud hybrid and multi-cloud connectivity services for specific use cases.

  • Implement a hybrid or multi-cloud network using Google Cloud services.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Kubernetes
Category: Prometheus (Software)
Category: Network Monitoring
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Application Performance Management
Category: Debugging
Category: Cloud Management
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Network Analysis

Managing Security in Google Cloud

Course 97 hours4.7 (1,078 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Identify the foundations of Google Cloud security.

  • Manage administration identities with Google Cloud.

  • Implement user administration with Identity and Access Management (IAM).

  • Configure Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) for isolation, security, and logging.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Network Monitoring
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Cloud Applications
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Category: Application Performance Management
Category: Event Monitoring
Category: Query Languages
Category: Cloud Management
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Identity and Access Management

Security Best Practices in Google Cloud

Course 1011 hours4.7 (350 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Apply techniques and best practices to secure Compute Engine

  • Apply techniques and best practices to secure cloud data

  • Apply techniques and best practices to secure applications

  • Apply techniques and best practices for securing Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) resources.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Security
Category: Load Balancing
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Network Performance Management
Category: Proxy Servers
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: TCP/IP
Category: Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks

Mitigating Security Vulnerabilities on Google Cloud

Course 116 hours4.7 (724 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Manage protection against distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS).

  • Manage content-related vulnerabilities.

  • Implement Google Cloud monitoring, logging, auditing, and scanning solutions.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Create and configure network peering
Category: Kubernetes
Category: Secure a Kubernetes environment
Category: Cloud-Native Computing
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Network Security
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: User Accounts
Category: Network Model
Category: Authorization (Computing)
Category: Create and understand custom IAM roles
Category: Network Troubleshooting
Category: Private Cloud
Category: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

Logging and Monitoring in Google Cloud

Course 127 hours4.7 (216 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Explain the purpose and capabilities of Google Cloud Observability.

  • Implement monitoring for multiple cloud projects.

  • Create effective monitoring dashboards and alerts.Create alerting policies, uptime checks and alerts.

  • Explain how to collect logs using Cloud Logging and export for further analysis

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Services
Category: Load Balancing
Category: Network Security
Category: Network Routing
Category: Firewall
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Network Administration
Category: Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
Category: TCP/IP
Category: Network Architecture

Observability in Google Cloud

Course 135 hours

What you'll learn

  • Install and manage Ops Agent to collect logs for Compute Engine.

  • Explain Cloud Operations for GKE.

  • Analyze VPC Flow Logs and firewall rules logs.

  • Analyze resource utilization cost for monitoring related components within Google Cloud.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Kubernetes
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Network Infrastructure
Category: Load Balancing
Category: Generative AI
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Google App Engine (GAE)
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Scalability
Category: Google Compute Engine
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Containerization
Category: Cloud Applications
Category: Virtual Machines
Category: Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS)
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Cloud Infrastructure
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Platform As A Service (PaaS)

Hands-On Labs in Google Cloud for Security Engineers

Course 145 hours4.8 (67 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Create custom IAM roles

  • Create and configure VPC network peering

  • Secure a private Kubernetes cluster in Google Cloud

Skills you'll gain

Category: Network Infrastructure
Category: Load Balancing
Category: Network Security
Category: Firewall
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Network Performance Management
Category: General Networking
Category: Network Troubleshooting
Category: Network Analysis
Category: Network Architecture
Category: Scalability
Category: Network Planning And Design

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