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Course Description
This is the first of five courses in the Google Cloud Cybersecurity Certificate. In this course, you’ll explore the essentials of cybersecurity, including the security lifecycle, digital transformation, and key cloud computing concepts. You’ll identify common tools used by entry-level cloud security analysts to automate tasks.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course
Curriculum
Course outline
1
Introduction to cloud computing
In this module, you’ll receive a comprehensive introduction to the Google Cloud Cybersecurity Certificate program. You’ll meet the instructors and familiarize yourself with the content types. This module sets the stage by defining the field of cloud computing in security, contrasting it with on-premises computing, and highlighting the core skills and essential tools.
- Welcome to the Google Cloud Cybersecurity Certificate50 XP
- Google Cloud Cybersecurity Certificate overview50 XP
- Introduction to Course 150 XP
- Course 1 overview50 XP
- Helpful resources and tips50 XP
- Lab technical tips50 XP
- Explore your course 1 scenario: Cymbal Bank50 XP
- Welcome to module 150 XP
- Ben: The cloud's impact on education50 XP
- Composition of the cloud50 XP
- Cloud deployment models50 XP
- Google’s trusted infrastructure50 XP
- Cloud benefits and considerations50 XP
- Cloud benefits and limitations50 XP
- Test your knowledge: Introduction to the cloud — Question 150 XP
- Test your knowledge: Introduction to the cloud — Question 250 XP
- Test your knowledge: Introduction to the cloud — Question 350 XP
- Test your knowledge: Introduction to the cloud — Question 450 XP
- Ephemerality and cloud resources50 XP
- Virtualization and virtual machines50 XP
- Serverless computing50 XP
- Containerization50 XP
- Test your knowledge: Compute in the cloud — Question 150 XP
- Test your knowledge: Compute in the cloud — Question 250 XP
- Test your knowledge: Compute in the cloud — Question 350 XP
- Test your knowledge: Compute in the cloud — Question 450 XP
- Cloud storage benefits50 XP
- Types of storage in the cloud50 XP
- Google’s storage options50 XP
- Test your knowledge: Secure cloud data storage — Question 150 XP
- Test your knowledge: Secure cloud data storage — Question 250 XP
- Test your knowledge: Secure cloud data storage — Question 350 XP
- Test your knowledge: Secure cloud data storage — Question 450 XP
- Wrap-up50 XP
- Glossary terms from module 150 XP
- Module 1 challenge — Question 150 XP
- Module 1 challenge — Question 250 XP
- Module 1 challenge — Question 350 XP
- Module 1 challenge — Question 450 XP
- Module 1 challenge — Question 550 XP
- Module 1 challenge — Question 650 XP
- Module 1 challenge — Question 750 XP
- Module 1 challenge — Question 850 XP
- Module 1 challenge — Question 950 XP
- Module 1 challenge — Question 1050 XP
2
Security in the cloud
In this module, you’ll explore the intricate balance of security responsibilities between the cloud service provider (CSP) and the customer, delving into the shared responsibility and shared fate models. You’ll gain insights into different service models like infrastructure as a service (IaaS), software as a service (SaaS), and platform as a service (PaaS). Core security concepts, such as defense in depth and networking, are covered to emphasize how the approach to security should be layered and multi-faceted.
3
The security lifecycle
In this module, you’ll dive into the security lifecycle pertaining to DevSecOps, infrastructure as code, and the software supply chain. You’ll also be introduced to tools that cloud security analysts use to automate tasks.
4
Cloud security analyst roles and responsibilities
In this module, you’ll gain an overview of the roles and responsibilities of cloud security analysts. You’ll also examine the analyst’s function in the cloud security team ecosystem.
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Introduction to Security Principles in Cloud Computing
Course
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