Introduction to Google Cloud Security

By Christopher Jackson

Learn to secure GCP resources and assets using GCP-native services.

3.3 hours
  • 31 Lessons

About the course

Welcome to the course, Introduction to Google Cloud Security. This course is designed to introduce foundational security principles for protecting resources and workloads running on Google Cloud.

Throughout this course, you will learn about cloud services and cloud security basics concerning:

  • Structure and Deployment
  • Authentication and Authorization
  • Networking
  • Key and Secret Management
  • Logging and Detection
  • Deploying Secured Apps

This course is designed for people who want to gain entry-level knowledge on cloud security architecture and work toward becoming Google Cloud Security engineers. The prerequisites for this course are basic knowledge of cloud concepts and some foundational knowledge of information security concepts.

  • Chapter 1 1 Lesson Introduction 0:42

    Course Introduction

    0:42
  • Chapter 2 6 Lessons Structure and Deployment 40:21

    Structure and Deployment Introduction

    0:41

    Cloud Security Concepts

    12:20

    Organizational Structure

    5:10

    CI/CD

    7:38

    Billing

    7:41

    Structure and Deployment Summary

    6:51
  • Chapter 3 4 Lessons Authentication and Authorization 22:39

    Authentication and Authorization Introduction

    0:24

    Identity, Authentication, and Authorization

    10:26

    Cloud Identity

    7:41

    Authentication and Authorization Summary

    4:08
  • Chapter 4 4 Lessons Networking 26:25

    Networking Introduction

    0:16

    Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

    10:50

    Firewalls

    11:34

    Networking Summary

    3:45
  • Chapter 5 4 Lessons Key and Secret Management 24:37

    Key and Secret Management Introduction

    0:27

    Cloud Key Management

    11:48

    Secret Manager

    7:48

    Key and Secret Management Summary

    4:34
  • Chapter 6 5 Lessons Logging and Detection 36:38

    Logging and Detection Introduction

    0:24

    Security Command Center

    11:20

    Detection

    8:16

    Monitoring and Compliance

    10:56

    Logging and Detection Summary

    5:42
  • Chapter 7 5 Lessons Deploying Secured Apps 36:10

    Deploying Secured Apps Introduction

    0:13

    App Security

    10:57

    Cloud Run

    11:01

    Secured Apps

    8:16

    Deploying Secured Apps Summary

    5:43
  • Chapter 8 2 Lessons Conclusion 8:01

    Course Summary

    7:26

    Conclusion and What’s Next

    0:35

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