Google Professional Cloud Security EngineerThe Complete Beginner's Guide

GCP Security Foundations and Identity Concepts

Objective 1.1 · Understand the shared responsibility model and Google Cloud security foundations.

IAM Roles, Policies, and Service Accounts

Objective 2.1 · Design and implement IAM roles, policies, and service accounts to control access to resources.

Organization Policies and Resource Hierarchies

Objective 2.2 · Define organization, folders, and project hierarchies along with organization policies.

Identity Federation and Advanced Authentication

Objective 2.3 · Configure identity federation, SSO, and MFA for workforce and customer identities.

Privileged Access Management and Just-in-Time Access

Objective 2.4 · Implement privileged access management, including just-in-time access and access approval.

Data Classification and Protection Strategies

Objective 3.1 · Classify data and design protection strategies using Google Cloud data loss prevention and encryption tools.

Encryption and Key Management (CMEK and CSEK)

Objective 3.2 · Manage encryption keys with Cloud KMS, including customer-managed encryption keys and customer-supplied encryption keys.

Secret Management and Data Loss Prevention

Objective 3.3 · Use Secret Manager and DLP API to protect sensitive data.

Network Security Foundations: VPCs and Firewall Rules

Objective 4.1 · Design and configure VPCs, subnets, firewall rules, and network security policies.

Cloud Armor, DDoS Protection, and Web Security

Objective 4.2 · Implement Cloud Armor policies, DDoS protection, and Web Security Scanner.

Private Connectivity: VPC Peering, VPN, and Private Google Access

Objective 4.3 · Design private connectivity options including VPC peering, Cloud VPN, and Private Google Access.

Compute Security: Hardening VMs, GKE, and Serverless

Objective 5.1 · Secure Compute Engine, GKE clusters, and serverless compute environments.

Security Logging and Monitoring with Cloud Audit Logs and SIEM

Objective 5.2 · Configure and analyze Cloud Audit Logs, export logs to SIEM, and set up monitoring alerts.

Incident Response and Forensics in GCP

Objective 5.3 · Design and implement incident response procedures, including forensic data collection and analysis.

Compliance Frameworks and Auditing in GCP

Objective 6.1 · Apply compliance frameworks (GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS) and use Security Command Center for auditing.

Security Operations Automation and Infrastructure as Code

Objective 5.4 · Automate security operations using Deployment Manager, Terraform, and Security Command Center notifications.