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Security in Google Cloud Specialization
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Security in Google Cloud Specialization

Launch your career in Cloud Security. This self-paced Specialization gives a broad study of security controls, best practices, and techniques on Google Cloud.

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
4.7

(3,907 reviews)

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

1 month
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Understand the Google approach to security.

  • Manage administrative identities using Cloud Identity and Implement IP traffic controls using VPC firewalls and Cloud Armor.

  • Implement least privilege administrative access using Google Cloud Resource Manager, Cloud IAM.

  • Remediate important types of vulnerabilities, especially public access to data and VMs.

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Specialization - 4 course series

Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure

Course 16 hours4.7 (48,076 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Identify the purpose and value of Google Cloud products and services.

  • Define how infrastructure is organized and controlled in Google Cloud

  • Explain how to create a basic infrastructure in Google Cloud

  • Select and use Google Cloud storage options

Skills you'll gain

Category: Google Compute Engine
Category: Google App Engine (GAE)
Category: Google Cloud Platform
Category: Cloud Computing

Managing Security in Google Cloud

Course 27 hours4.7 (1,071 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Identify the foundations of Google Cloud security.

  • Manage administration identities with Google Cloud.

  • Implement user administration with Identity and Access Management (IAM).

  • Configure Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) for isolation, security, and logging.

Security Best Practices in Google Cloud

Course 311 hours4.7 (344 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Apply techniques and best practices to secure Compute Engine

  • Apply techniques and best practices to secure cloud data

  • Apply techniques and best practices to secure applications

  • Apply techniques and best practices for securing Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) resources.

Mitigating Security Vulnerabilities on Google Cloud

Course 46 hours4.7 (714 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Manage protection against distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS).

  • Manage content-related vulnerabilities.

  • Implement Google Cloud monitoring, logging, auditing, and scanning solutions.

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