Online Course – Google Cloud Certified Professional Specialization in Security from Google Cloud

Invest in your career in cloud security. This self-paced internship offers broad learning on security controls, best practices, and techniques in Google Cloud.

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Professional Certificate

Intermediate level

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Google Compute Engine
  • Google App Engine (GAE)
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Cloud Computing

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Cloud Security Engineer
  • Cloud Solutions Architect
  • Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
  • Cloud Operations Engineer
  • DevOps Engineer
  • Security Analyst
  • Network Security Engineer
  • Cloud Compliance Specialist
  • Data Protection Officer
  • Cloud Consultant

Internship – a four-part course series

Through recorded lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on labs, participants explore and implement the components of the Google Cloud secure solution, including:

  • Cloud Identity
  • GCP Resource Manager
  • Cloud IAM
  • Google Virtual Private Cloud Firewalls
  • Google Cloud Load Balancing
  • Cloud CDN
  • Cloud storage access control technologies
  • Security Command Center
  • Stackdriver
  • Security keys
  • Customer-provided encryption keys
  • Google Data Loss Prevention API
  • Cloud Armor

Participants learn ways to protect against attacks at many points in a Google Cloud-based infrastructure, including:

  • Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks
  • Phishing attacks
  • Threats related to content classification and use

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Hands-on Learning Project

This internship includes hands-on labs using our Qwiklabs platform. These hands-on components will allow you to apply the skills you learned in the video lectures. Projects will include topics such as Google Cloud products, used and configured in Qwiklabs. You can expect to gain hands-on experience with many of the concepts explained during the modules.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Google Cloud: Web Infrastructure Fundamentals

  • Course 1 • 6 hours • 4.7 (48,227 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn:
  • Identify the purpose and value of Google Cloud products and services.
  • Defining the organization and controlling the infrastructure in Google Cloud.
  • Explanation of creating basic infrastructure in Google Cloud.
  • Choosing and using Google Cloud storage options.
Skills you will develop:
  • Category: Google Compute Engine
  • Category: Google App Engine (GAE)
  • Category: Google Cloud Platform
  • Category: Cloud Computing

Information Security Management in Google Cloud

  • Course 2 • 7 hours • 4.7 (1,073 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn:
  • Identify the basics of information security in Google Cloud.
  • Managing administrative identities with Google Cloud.
  • User management application with Identity and Access Management (IAM).
  • Configure virtual private clouds (VPCs) for isolation, security, and logging.

Google Cloud Security Best Practices

  • Course 3 • 11 hours • 4.7 (345 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn:
  • Implement Compute Engine security techniques and best practices.
  • Implementing techniques and best practices for securing cloud data.
  • Implementing best practices and techniques for securing applications.
  • Implementing techniques and best practices for securing resources in Google Kubernetes (GKE).

Mitigating security vulnerabilities in Google Cloud

  • Course 4 • 6 hours • 4.7 (717 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn:
  • Managing protection against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.
  • Managing content-related vulnerabilities.
  • Implementing monitoring, logging, auditing, and scanning solutions in Google Cloud.