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Security in Google Cloud

3 Day Course
Code GCPSECGCP

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Classroom Virtual Classroom Private Group - Virtual Self-Paced Online

Overview

This training course gives you a broad study of security controls and techniques in Google Cloud. Through recorded lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on labs, you’ll explore and deploy the components of a secure Google Cloud solution, including Cloud Identity, Resource Manager, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Virtual Private Cloud firewalls, Cloud Load Balancing, Direct Peering, Carrier Peering, Cloud Interconnect, and VPC Service Controls.

Objectives

Prior completion of Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure or equivalent experience
Prior completion of Networking in Google Cloud or equivalent experience
Basic understanding of Kubernetes terminology (preferred but not required)
Knowledge of foundational concepts in information security, through experience or through online training such as SANS’s SEC301: Introduction
to Cyber Security
Basic proficiency with command-line tools and Linux operating system environments
Systems Operations experience, including deploying and managing applications, either on-premises or in a public cloud environment
Reading comprehension of code in Python or Javascript

Understand Google’s approach to security.
Manage administration identities using Cloud Identity.
Implement least privilege administration using Resource Manager and IAM.
Implement Identity-Aware Proxy.
Implement IP traffic controls using VPC firewalls and Google Cloud Armor.
Remediate security vulnerabilities, especially public access to data and virtual machines.
Scan for and redact sensitive data using the Cloud Data Loss Prevention API.
Analyze changes to resource metadata configuration using audit logs.
Scan a Google Cloud deployment with Forseti, to remediate important types of vulnerabilities, especially in public access to data and VMs

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Target Audience

Who this course is for

Cloud information security analysts, architects, and engineers
Information security/cybersecurity specialists
Cloud infrastructure architects
Products

Google: Cloud Identity, Resource Manager, IAM, HSM, Secret Manager, Google Kubernetes Engine, Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory, Cloud Interconnect, Cloud Storage, Web Security Scanner, Identity-Aware Proxy, VPC Service Controls, Google Cloud’s operations suite (formerly Stackdriver), Google Cloud Armor, Compute Engine, Cloud Data Loss Prevention API

Third party: Forseti Inventory, Forseti Scanner.

Training Partners

We work with the following best of breed training partners using our bulk buying power to bring you a wider range of dates, locations and prices.

Modules

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Module 01: Foundations of Google Cloud Security (10 topics)

  • Topics
  • Google Cloud's Approach to Security
  • The Shared Security Responsibility Model
  • Threats Mitigated by Google and Google Cloud
  • Access Transparency
  • Objectives
  • Learn about Google Cloud's approach to security.
  • Understand the shared security responsibility model.
  • Understand the kinds of threats mitigated by Google and by --Google Cloud.
  • Define and understand access transparency.

Module 02 Cloud Identity (11 topics)

  • Topics
  • Cloud Identity
  • Cloud Identity
  • Google Cloud Directory Sync
  • Google Authentication Versus SAML-based SSO
  • Authentication Best Practices
  • Objectives
  • Learn what Cloud Identity is and what it does.
  • Learn how Directory Sync securely syncs users and permissions between your on-prem LDAP or AD server and the cloud.
  • Understand the two ways Google Cloud handles authentication and how to set up SSO.
  • Explore best practices for managing groups, permissions, domains and admins with Cloud Identity.

Module 03 Identity and Access Management (IAM) (16 topics)

  • Topics
  • Resource Manager
  • IAM Roles
  • IAM Policies
  • IAM Recommender
  • IAM Troubleshooter
  • IAM Audit Logs
  • IAM Best Practices
  • Objectives
  • Understand Resource Manager: projects, folders, and organizations.
  • Learn how to implement IAM roles, including custom roles.
  • Understand IAM policies, including organization policies.
  • Understand best practices, including separation of duties and least privilege, the use of Google groups in policies, and avoiding the use of basic roles.
  • Learn how to configure IAM, including custom roles and organization policies.
  • Activity
  • Lab: Configuring IAM

Module 04 Configuring Virtual Private Cloud for Isolation and Security (20 topics)

  • Topics
  • VPC Firewalls
  • Load Balancing and SSL Policies
  • Interconnect and Peering Policies
  • Best Practices for VPC Networks
  • VPC Flow Logs
  • Objectives
  • Learn best practices for configuring VPC firewalls (both ingress and egress rules).
  • Understand load balancing and SSL policies.
  • Understand how to set up private Google API access.
  • Understand SSL proxy use.
  • Learn best practices for VPC networks, including peering and shared VPC use, and the correct use of subnetworks.
  • Learn best security practices for VPNs.
  • Understand security considerations for interconnect and peering options.
  • Become familiar with available security products from partners.
  • Learn to configure VPC firewalls.
  • Prevent data exfiltration with VPC Service Controls.
  • Activities
  • Lab: Configuring VPC Firewalls
  • Lab: Configuring and Using VPC Flow Logs in Cloud Logging

Module 05 Securing Compute Engine: Techniques and Best Practices (13 topics)

  • Topics
  • Service Accounts, IAM Roles and API Scopes
  • Managing VM Logins
  • Organization Policy Controls
  • Compute Engine Best Practices
  • Encrypting Disks with CSEK
  • Objectives
  • Learn about Compute Engine service accounts, default and customer-defined.
  • Understand IAM roles and scopes for VMs.
  • Understand how Shielded VMs help maintain your system and application integrity
  • Activities
  • Lab: Configuring, Using, and Auditing VM Service Accounts and Scopes
  • Lab: Encrypting Disks with Customer-Supplied Encryption Keys

Module 06 Securing Cloud Data: Techniques and Best Practices (20 topics)

  • Topics
  • Cloud Storage IAM permissions and ACLs
  • Auditing Cloud Data
  • Signed URLs and Policy Documents
  • Encrypting with CMEK and CSEK
  • Cloud HSM
  • BigQuery IAM Roles and Authorized Views
  • Storage Best Practices
  • Objectives
  • Use cloud permissions and roles to secure cloud resources.
  • Audit cloud data.
  • Use signed URLs to give access to objects in a Cloud Storage bucket.
  • Manage what can be placed in a Cloud Storage bucket using
  • Signed Policy Document.
  • Encrypt cloud data using customer managed encryption keys (CMEK), customer supplied encryption keys (CSEK), and Cloud HSM.
  • Protecting data in BigQuery using IAM roles and authorized views
  • Activities
  • Lab: Using Customer-Supplied Encryption Keys with Cloud Storage
  • Lab: Using Customer-Managed Encryption Keys with Cloud Storage and Cloud KMS
  • Lab: Creating a BigQuery Authorized View

Module 07 Application Security: Techniques and Best Practices (17 topics)

  • Topics
  • Types of Application Security Vulnerabilities
  • Web Security Scanner
  • Threat: Identity and Oauth Phishing
  • Identity-Aware Proxy
  • Secret Manager
  • Objectives
  • Recall various types of application security vulnerabilities.
  • Understand DoS protections in App Engine and Cloud Functions.
  • Understand the role of Web Security Scanner in mitigating risks.
  • Define and recall the threats posed by Identity and Oauth phishing.
  • Understand the role of Identity-Aware Proxy in mitigating risks.
  • Store application credentials and metadata securely using Secret Manager.
  • Activities
  • Lab: Using Web Security Scanner to Find Vulnerabilities in an App Engine Application
  • Lab: Configuring Identity-Aware Proxy to Protect a Project
  • Lab: Configuring and Using Credentials with Secret Manager

Module 08 Securing Google Kubernetes Engine: Techniques and Best Practices (12 topics)

  • Topics
  • Introduction to Kubernetes/GKE
  • Authentication and Authorization
  • Hardening Your Clusters
  • Securing Your Workloads
  • and Logging
  • Objectives
  • Understand the basic components of a Kubernetes environment.
  • Understand how authentication and authorization works in --Google Kubernetes Engine.
  • Recall how to harden Kubernetes Clusters against attacks.
  • Recall how to harden Kubernetes workloads against attacks.
  • Understand logging and monitoring options in Google Kubernetes Engine.

Module 09 Protecting against Distributed Denial of Service Attacks (DDoS) (11 topics)

  • Topics
  • How DDoS Attacks Work
  • Google Cloud Mitigations
  • Types of Complementary Partner Products
  • Objectives
  • Understand how DDoS attacks work.
  • Recall common mitigations: Cloud Load Balancing, Cloud CDN, autoscaling, VPC ingress and egress firewalls, Google Cloud Armor.
  • Recall the various types of complementary partner products available.
  • Use Google Cloud Armor to blocklist an IP address and restrict access to an HTTP load balancer
  • Activities
  • Lab: Configuring Traffic Blocklisting with Google Cloud Armor

Module 10 Content-Related Vulnerabilities: Techniques and Best Practices (12 topics)

  • Topics
  • Threat Ransomware
  • Ransomware Mitigations
  • Threats: Data Misuse, Privacy Violations, Sensitive Content
  • Content-Related Mitigations
  • Objectives
  • Discuss the threat of ransomware.
  • Understand ransomware mitigations: Backups, IAM, Cloud Data Loss Prevention API.
  • Understand threats to content: Data misuse, privacy violations, sensitive/restricted/unacceptable content.
  • Recall mitigations for threats to content: Classifying content using Cloud ML APIs; scanning and redacting data using the DLP API.
  • Activities
  • Lab: Redacting Sensitive Data with the DLP AP

Module 11 Monitoring, Logging, Auditing, and Scanning (16 topics)

  • Topics
  • Cloud Audit Logs
  • Deploying and Using Forseti
  • Objectives
  • Understand and use Security Command Center.
  • Understand and use Cloud Monitoring and Cloud Logging.
  • Install the Monitoring and Logging Agents.
  • Understand Cloud Audit Logs.
  • Gain experience configuring and viewing Cloud Audit Logs.
  • Gain experience deploying and using Forseti.
  • Learn how to inventory a deployment with Forseti Inventory.
  • Learn how to scan a deployment with Forseti Scanner
  • Activities
  • Lab: Installing Cloud Logging and Monitoring Agents
  • Lab: Configuring and Using Cloud Logging and Monitoring
  • Lab: Configuring and Viewing Cloud Audit Logs

Prerequisites

  • Prior completion of Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure or equivalent experience
  • Prior completion of Networking in Google Cloud or equivalent experience
  • Basic understanding of Kubernetes terminology (preferred but not required)
  • Knowledge of foundational concepts in information security, through experience or through online training such as SANS’s SEC301: Introduction
  • to Cyber Security
  • Basic proficiency with command-line tools and Linux operating system environments
  • Systems Operations experience, including deploying and managing applications, either on-premises or in a public cloud environment
  • Reading comprehension of code in Python or Javascript

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Pricing

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