Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Security Engineer

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87% of Google Cloud certified users feel more confident in their cloud skills*. This program provides the skills you need to advance your career as a security engineer and provides training to support your preparation for the industry-recognized Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer certification. You'll also have the opportunity to configure access, configure network security, and ensure data protection among other things. Your journey to Google Cloud certification: 1) Complete the Coursera Google Cloud Security Professional Certificate. 2) Review other recommended learning resources for the Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer exam. 3) Review the Google Cloud Professional Security Engineer exam guide. 4) Review the Professional Cloud Security Engineer sample questions. 5) Register for the Google Cloud certification exam. (The exam can be taken remotely or at a test center) --------------------------------------------------------------- * Percentages indicate those who strongly or somewhat agree with the statement. Findings from a survey conducted with Google Cloud certified individuals in May 2019 by an independent third-party research organization.

Syllabus

Course 1: Preparing for Your Professional Cloud Security Engineer Journey
- Offered by Google Cloud. This course helps learners prepare for the Professional Cloud Security Engineer (PCSE) Certification exam. Learners ... Enroll for free.

Course 2: Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure
- Offered by Google Cloud. Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure introduces important concepts and terminology for working with ... Enroll for free.

Course 3: Networking in Google Cloud: Fundamentals
- Offered by Google Cloud. "Networking in Google cloud is a 6 part course series. Welcome to the first course of our six part course series, ... Enroll for free.

Course 4: Networking in Google Cloud: Routing and Addressing
- Offered by Google Cloud. "Welcome to the second course in the networking and Google Cloud series routing and addressing. In this course, ... Enroll for free.

Course 5: Networking in Google Cloud: Network Architecture
- Offered by Google Cloud. Welcome to the third course of the "Networking in Google Cloud" series: Network Architecture! In this course, you ... Enroll for free.

Course 6: Networking in Google Cloud: Network Security
- Offered by Google Cloud. Welcome to the fourth course of the "Networking in Google Cloud" series: Network Security! In this course, you'll ... Enroll for free.

Course 7: Networking in Google Cloud: Load Balancing
- Offered by Google Cloud. This training course builds on the concepts covered in the Networking in Google Cloud: Fundamentals course. Through ... Enroll for free.

Course 8: Networking in Google Cloud: Hybrid and Multicloud
- Offered by Google Cloud. Welcome to the sixth course in our networking and Google Cloud series hybrid and multicloud. The first module will ... Enroll for free.

Course 9: Managing Security in Google Cloud
- Offered by Google Cloud. This self-paced training course gives participants broad study of security controls and techniques on Google Cloud. ... Enroll for free.

Course 10: Security Best Practices in Google Cloud
- Offered by Google Cloud. This self-paced training course gives participants broad study of security controls and techniques on Google Cloud. ... Enroll for free.

Course 11: Mitigating Security Vulnerabilities on Google Cloud
- Offered by Google Cloud. In this self-paced training course, participants learn mitigations for attacks at many points in a Google ... Enroll for free.

Course 12: Logging and Monitoring in Google Cloud
- Offered by Google Cloud. This course teaches participants techniques for monitoring and improving infrastructure and application performance ... Enroll for free.

Course 13: Observability in Google Cloud
- Offered by Google Cloud. Welcome to the second part of the two part course, Observability in Google Cloud. This course is all about ... Enroll for free.

Course 14: Hands-On Labs in Google Cloud for Security Engineers
- Offered by Google Cloud. Security is an uncompromising feature of Google Cloud services, and Google Cloud has developed specific tools for ... Enroll for free.

Courses

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5 hours 55 minutes
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Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure introduces important concepts and terminology for working with Google Cloud. Through videos and hands-on labs, this course presents and compares many of Google Cloud's computing and storage services, along with important resource and policy management tools.
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5 hours 46 minutes
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"Networking in Google cloud is a 6 part course series. Welcome to the first course of our six part course series, Networking in Google Cloud: Fundamentals. This course provides a comprehensive overview of core networking concepts, including networking fundamentals, virtual private clouds (VPCs), and the sharing of VPC networks. Additionally, the course covers network logging and monitoring techniques. "
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3 hours 51 minutes
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"Welcome to the second course in the networking and Google Cloud series routing and addressing. In this course, we'll cover the central routing and addressing concepts that are relevant to Google Cloud's networking capabilities. Module one will lay the foundation by exploring network routing and addressing in Google Cloud, covering key building blocks such as routing IPv4, bringing your own IP addresses and setting up cloud DNS. In Module two will shift our focus to private connection options, exploring use cases and methods for accessing Google and other services privately using internal IP addresses. By the end of this course, you'll have a solid grasp of how to effectively route and address your network traffic within Google Cloud."
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7 hours 33 minutes
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This self-paced training course gives participants broad study of security controls and techniques on Google Cloud. Through recorded lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on labs, participants explore and deploy the components of a secure Google Cloud solution, including Cloud Identity, Resource Manager, Cloud IAM, Virtual Private Cloud firewalls, Cloud Load Balancing, Cloud Peering, Cloud Interconnect, and VPC Service Controls. This is the first course of the Security in Google Cloud series. After completing this course, enroll in the Security Best Practices in Google Cloud course.
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6 hours 21 minutes
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In this self-paced training course, participants learn mitigations for attacks at many points in a Google Cloud-based infrastructure, including Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks, phishing attacks, and threats involving content classification and use. They also learn about the Security Command Center, cloud logging and audit logging, and using Forseti to view overall compliance with your organization's security policies.
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11 hours 40 minutes
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This self-paced training course gives participants broad study of security controls and techniques on Google Cloud. Through recorded lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on labs, participants explore and deploy the components of a secure Google Cloud solution, including Cloud Storage access control technologies, Security Keys, Customer-Supplied Encryption Keys, API access controls, scoping, shielded VMs, encryption, and signed URLs. It also covers securing Kubernetes environments.
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7 hours 44 minutes
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This course teaches participants techniques for monitoring and improving infrastructure and application performance in Google Cloud. Using a combination of presentations, demos, hands-on labs, and real-world case studies, attendees gain experience with full-stack monitoring, real-time log management and analysis, debugging code in production, tracing application performance bottlenecks, and profiling CPU and memory usage.
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5 hours 14 minutes
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Security is an uncompromising feature of Google Cloud services, and Google Cloud has developed specific tools for ensuring safety and identity across your projects. In this course you will get added hands-on practice understanding and securing resources with multiple Google Cloud services including Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). This course is unlike other courses, in that it consists of one module of background videos, followed by a series of hands-on practice exercises on Google Cloud via Qwiklabs. The practice modules include no videos, lectures, or quizzes - just more practice on real Google Cloud. If you enjoyed this course, you can check out the full quest including a challenge lab that requires a solution to be built with minimal guidance. You will have an opportunity to earn a Google Cloud digital Skill Badge on completion as well! Visit - google.qwiklabs.com and look for ‘Secure Workloads in Google Kubernetes Engine’ and ‘Ensure Access & Identity in Google Cloud’.
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3 hours 50 minutes
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This course helps learners prepare for the Professional Cloud Security Engineer (PCSE) Certification exam. Learners will be exposed to and engage with exam topics through a series of lectures, diagnostic questions, and knowledge checks. After completing this course, learners will have a personalized workbook that will guide them through the rest of their certification readiness journey.
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5 hours 45 minutes
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Welcome to the second part of the two part course, Observability in Google Cloud. This course is all about application performance management tools, including Error Reporting, Cloud Trace, and Cloud Profiler.
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2 hours 59 minutes
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This training course builds on the concepts covered in the Networking in Google Cloud: Fundamentals course. Through presentations, demonstrations, and labs, participants explore and implement Cloud Load Balancing.
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1 hour 38 minutes
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Welcome to the third course of the "Networking in Google Cloud" series: Network Architecture! In this course, you will explore the fundamentals of designing efficient and scalable network architectures within Google Cloud. In the first module, Introduction to Network Architecture, we'll start by introducing you to the core components and concepts of network architecture, including subnets, routes, firewalls, and load balancing. Then in the second module, network topologies, we'll dive into various network topologies commonly used in Google Cloud, discussing their strengths, and weaknesses.
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5 hours 39 minutes
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Welcome to the fourth course of the "Networking in Google Cloud" series: Network Security! In this course, you'll dive into the services for safeguarding your Google Cloud network infrastructure. The first module, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Protection, covers how to fortify your network against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, ensuring uninterrupted availability of your services. In the second module, Controlling Access to VPC Networks, you'll learn the network access control, enabling you to define permissions for who can access your resources and how. Finally, in the third module, Advanced Security Monitoring and Analysis, we'll explore how to proactively detect and respond to potential threats, keeping your Google Cloud environment secure and resilient. By the end of this course, you'll have a comprehensive understanding of Google Cloud network security.
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2 hours 19 minutes
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Welcome to the sixth course in our networking and Google Cloud series hybrid and multicloud. The first module will walk you through various Cloud connectivity options with a deep dive into Cloud interconnect exploring its different types and functionalities. In the second module, we'll cover cloudvpn discussing its implementation High availability VPN topologies and the network connectivity Center or NCC for streamline management. By the end of this course, you will be able to explain the different connectivity options available to extend your on premises and other Cloud networks to Google cloud and analyze a suitability of different Google Cloud hybrid and multicloud connectivity services for specific use cases. Let's get started.