Google Cloud Skills Boost

Security & Identity Fundamentals

1 day Introductory universal_currency_alt 17 Credits
Security is an uncompromising feature of Google Cloud services, and Google Cloud has developed specific tools for ensuring safety and identity across your projects. In this fundamental-level quest, you will get hands-on practice with Google Cloud’s Identity and Access Management (IAM) service, which is the go-to for managing user and virtual machine accounts. You will get experience with network security by provisioning VPCs and VPNs, and learn what tools are available for security threat and data loss protections. Looking for a hands on challenge lab to demonstrate your skills and validate your knowledge? On completing this quest, enroll in and finish the additional challenge lab at the end of this quest to receive an exclusive Google Cloud digital badge.
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  • Lab

    Cloud IAM: Qwik Start

    Google Cloud IAM unifies access control for Cloud Platform services into a single system to present a consistent set of operations. Watch the short video Manage Access Control with Google Cloud IAM.

    45 minutes
    Introductory
    1 Credit
    language
    • English
    • español (Latinoamérica)
    • français
    • bahasa Indonesia
    • Italiano
    • 日本語
    • 한국어
    • Polski
    • português (Brasil)
    • Türkçe
    • український
    • 简体中文
    • 繁體中文
  • Lab

    IAM Custom Roles

    Cloud IAM provides the right tools to manage resource permissions with minimum fuss and high automation. You do not directly grant users permissions. Instead, you grant them roles, which bundle one or more permissions. This allows you to map job functions within your company to groups and roles.

    1 hour
    Introductory
    1 Credit
    language
    • English
    • español (Latinoamérica)
    • français
    • 日本語
    • português (Brasil)
  • Lab

    Service Accounts and Roles: Fundamentals

    In this hands-on lab, you will learn how to create and manage Service Accounts

    1 hour
    Introductory
    1 Credit
    language
    • English
    • español (Latinoamérica)
    • français
    • 日本語
    • português (Brasil)
  • Lab

    VPC Network Peering

    Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Network Peering allows private connectivity across two VPC networks regardless of whether or not they belong to the same project or the same organization.

    45 minutes
    Intermediate
    5 Credits
    language
    • English
    • español (Latinoamérica)
    • français
    • 日本語
    • português (Brasil)
  • Lab

    User Authentication: Identity-Aware Proxy

    Learn how to restrict access selected authenticated users with Identity-Aware Proxy without special programming. Discover how to retrieve user identity information from IAP.

    1 hour
    Introductory
    1 Credit
    language
    • English
    • español (Latinoamérica)
    • français
    • Italiano
    • 日本語
    • Polski
    • português (Brasil)
    • Türkçe
  • Lab

    Getting Started with Cloud KMS

    In this lab you will work with advanced features of Google Cloud Security and Privacy APIs, including setting up a secure Cloud Storage bucket, managing keys and encrypted data using Key Management Storage, and viewing Cloud Storage audit logs.

    30 minutes
    Introductory
    1 Credit
    language
    • English
    • español (Latinoamérica)
    • français
    • bahasa Indonesia
    • 日本語
    • português (Brasil)
  • Lab

    Google Cloud Packet Mirroring with OpenSource IDS

    This lab demonstrates a common enterprise use case for Google Cloud's Packet Mirroring in conjunction with an Open Source Intrusion Detection System.

    1 hour 30 minutes
    Introductory
    1 Credit
    language
    • English
    • español (Latinoamérica)
    • français
    • 日本語
    • português (Brasil)
  • Lab

    Setting up a Private Kubernetes Cluster

    Hands-on lab for creating a private cluster in the cloud environment. In a private cluster, nodes do not have public IP addresses, so your workloads run in an environment that is isolated from the Internet. Prerequisites: Experience with Kubernetes Clusters, and CIDR-range IP address.

    1 hour 30 minutes
    Intermediate
    5 Credits
    language
    • English
    • español (Latinoamérica)
    • français
    • 日本語
    • 한국어
    • português (Brasil)
  • Lab

    Securing Google Cloud with CFT Scorecard

    CFT Scorecard is a utility you can combine with Forseti policies to check for violations in your Google Cloud environment.

    25 minutes
    Introductory
    1 Credit
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    Quest Info
    Prerequisites
    Although this quest will teach you the fundamentals of Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Security in Google Cloud, you will still need hands-on experience with the platform's core tools and services. It is recommended that the student have at least earned a Badge by completing the Google Cloud Essentials and/or the Baseline: Infrastructure Quests before beginning.
    Available languages
    English, 日本語, español (Latinoamérica), français, and português (Brasil)
    What do I do when I finish this quest?
    After finishing this quest, you can explore additional content in your learning path or browse the learning catalog.
    What badges can I earn?
    Upon finishing a quest, you will earn a badge of completion. Some quests test your ability to apply your knowledge via a final assessment challenge lab. For these quests, you will receive a skill badge. Badges can be viewed on your profile and shared with your social network.