About this course: Introduction to Cloud Identity serves as the starting place for any new Cloud Identity, Identity/Access Management/Mobile Device Management admins as they begin their journey of managing and establishing security and access management best practices for their organization. This 15-30 hour accelerated, one-week course will leave you feeling confident to utilize the basic functions of the Admin Console to manage users, control access to services, configure common security settings, and much more.
Through a series of introductory lessons, step-by-step hands-on exercises, Google knowledge resources, and knowledge checks, learners can expect to leave this training with all of the skills they need to get started as new Cloud Identity Administrators.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course participants will be able to:
• Establish a Cloud Identity domain for their organization or personal domain.
• Add users in order to practice user lifecycle management.
• Modify user permissions to gain an understanding of core Cloud Identity features.
• Add mobile devices within the Google Mobile Management module.
• Modify mobile management policy sets to gain familiarity with product options.
• Navigate the Reports module, and practice running reports.
• Explore and apply different security protocols to the domain.
Prerequisites
To get the most out of this training course, learners should be prepared to:
• Sign up for a free 14 day trial of Cloud Identity. You will need to enter payment method information. We will show you step-by-step how to cancel your account if you wish to end your Cloud Identity instance at the end of training and avoid being charged.
• Use an existing domain or purchase a new domain through (if you do not have an existing domain, we will walk you through purchasing a domain through Google).
Who is this class for: Hopeful and existing system administrators who are:
• Attempting to better understand how a cloud-based Identity Provider (IdP) functions
• Looking to understand more about using Cloud Identity and how to deploy it within their organization
• Tech savvy individuals who are interested in learning more about Google Cloud Identity.
Created by:Google Cloud
Level
Beginner
Commitment
1 week of study 15-30 hours/week
Language
English
Hardware Req
Existing domain/buy a domain, desktop web browser (Google Chrome is optimal)
How To Pass
Pass all graded assignments to complete the course.
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Syllabus
WEEK 1
Getting Started with Cloud Identity
In this module, we guide you through the Cloud Identity product, and walk you through setting up your account and Google Cloud Identity free trial to use during training.
Reading: Exercise #3: Configure your company profile
Reading: Quick Reading - Quizzes
Practice Quiz: Introductory Survey
User Lifecycle Management
In this module, you'll learn about provisioning and managing users in your Cloud Identity domain. The exercises cover how to add new users in various ways and how to configure user identities, settings, and privileges.
1 video, 14 readings
Reading: Introduction to User Lifecycle Management
Reading: Exercise #3 - View and Manage your Users’ Security Settings
Reading: Exercise #4 - Set up 2-Step Verification
Reading: Exercise #5 - Set up Single Sign On with Google as an identity provider
Reading: Exercise #6: - Set up Single Sign On with a third-party identity provider
Reading: Exercise #7 - View Your Users' Account Activity Reports
Graded: Security
Mobile Management
In this module, you'll learn about Google mobile device management settings, understand how to enforce device policies over their mobile fleet using the Google Admin console, and learn how to prevent unauthorized access to an account from a lost mobile device.
This module serves as the summary of your training and also provides you with two case studies that will help you think about practical applications of Google Cloud Identity.
Reading: Case Study #1 - Enforcing Multi-Factor Authentication for Access to Company-Owned Resources
Reading: Case Study #2 - Enable SSO for Cloud Apps
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