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Introduction to Cloud Identity

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Introduction to Cloud Identity

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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
Google Cloud
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LevelBeginner
Commitment1 week of study 15-30 hours/week
Language
English
Hardware ReqExisting domain/buy a domain, desktop web browser (Google Chrome is optimal)
How To PassPass all graded assignments to complete the course.
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.
3 videos, 5 readings, 1 practice quiz
  1. Video: Welcome to the Course!
  2. Video: About your Cloud Identity instance
  3. Reading: Introduction to Account and Domain Setup
  4. Video: Registering your domain
  5. Reading: Exercise #1 - Setup your account
  6. Reading: Exercise #2: Access your Admin Console
  7. Reading: Exercise #3: Configure your company profile
  8. Reading: Quick Reading - Quizzes
  9. 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
  1. Reading: Introduction to User Lifecycle Management
  2. Video: Introduction to User Lifecycle Management
  3. Reading: Adding Users Overview
  4. Reading: Exercise #1: Adding Users Individually
  5. Reading: Exercise #2 - Add Several Users at Once
  6. Reading: Sync Users to Domain with GCDS
  7. Reading: Exercise #4 - Admin Roles and Privileges
  8. Reading: Exercise #5 - Custom Admin Privileges
  9. Reading: Exercise #6 - Resetting a User's Password
  10. Reading: Exercise #7 - Rename a User
  11. Reading: Exercise #8 - Suspend a User
  12. Reading: Exercise #9 - Delete a User
  13. Reading: Exercise #10 - Restore a Recently Deleted User
  14. Reading: Exercise #11 - Create an Organization Unit
  15. Reading: Exercise #12 - Create an Admin-Managed Group
Graded: User Lifecycle Management
Security
In this module, you will walk you through some of the security features that are available to you as the Cloud Identity admin.
1 video, 8 readings
  1. Reading: Introduction to Security
  2. Video: About Security
  3. Reading: Exercise #1 - Navigate the Security Center
  4. Reading: Exercise #2 - Modify Basic Security Settings
  5. Reading: Exercise #3 - View and Manage your Users’ Security Settings
  6. Reading: Exercise #4 - Set up 2-Step Verification
  7. Reading: Exercise #5 - Set up Single Sign On with Google as an identity provider
  8. Reading: Exercise #6: - Set up Single Sign On with a third-party identity provider
  9. 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.
1 video, 4 readings
  1. Reading: Introduction to Google Mobile Management
  2. Video: Introduction to Google Mobile Management
  3. Reading: Exercise #1 - Configuring your Mobile Devices Policy
  4. Reading: Exercise #2 - Add a Mobile Device to the Domain
  5. Reading: Exercise #3 - Handling Lost and Noncompliant Devices
Graded: Google Mobile Management
Domains and Reports
In this module, you will learn how to do basic domain management and report generation from the Google Cloud Identity Admin Console.
2 videos, 4 readings
  1. Video: Introduction to Managing Domains
  2. Reading: Exercise #1 - Add a domain alias
  3. Video: About Reports
  4. Reading: Exercise #2 - Generate Reports
  5. Reading: Exercise #3 - View Audit Logs
  6. Reading: Exercise #4 - Create email alerts
Graded: Domains and Reports
Summary, Use Case Example, & Resources
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.
1 video, 2 readings
  1. Video: Cloud Identity Training Summary
  2. Reading: Case Study #1 - Enforcing Multi-Factor Authentication for Access to Company-Owned Resources
  3. Reading: Case Study #2 - Enable SSO for Cloud Apps

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