Google Cloud Cybersecurity Professional Certificate Course Online

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The programme prepares learners for entry-level roles in Cloud Cybersecurity.
Learners will complete hands-on labs in each course to practise key skills and produce work examples for potential employers.
The final course includes an interactive capstone project where concepts from courses 1-4 are applied, preparing learners to establish a career in the cloud security field.
The total time to complete the programme is approximately 90 hours.
The programme includes 5 courses, 19 modules, 212 videos, 12 labs, 154 readings, 94 quizzes, and one capstone.

Upon completion of the programme, learners will be able to:

Apply the material from courses 1-4 in an interactive capstone project, including cloud security principles, risk management, identifying vulnerabilities, incident management, and crisis communications.
Develop a plan to protect an organisation by detecting, responding to, and recovering from security threats and incidents.
Explain IAM, the scope of permissions and roles, and the roles and responsibilities of a security organisation.
Identify the regulatory requirements and standards that apply to different industries.
Interpret and identify risks and vulnerabilities.
Develop career resources and practise resume and interview techniques for a role in cloud security computing.

Prepare you for entry-level roles in Cloud Cybersecurity.
Provides hands-on labs to practise key skills and produce work examples to show potential employers.
Culminate in a capstone project that applies learning principles to prepare you for a career in the cloud security field.
Teach you to identify threats, risks, and vulnerabilities, and then respond to and defend against security incidents.
Include content on foundational Cybersecurity concepts for learners who do not have prior knowledge.

Individuals seeking entry-level roles in Cloud Cybersecurity.
Learners who have familiarity with foundational Cybersecurity concepts, skills, and tools.
People who want to learn the basics of network security, threat analysis, SIEM technologies, Linux and SQL, and incident detection and documentation.
Those preparing for job applications and interviews in the cloud security field.

The programme has five courses:

Course 1: Introduction to Security Principles in Cloud Computing (approx. 15 hours): Introduces cloud security principles, the field of cloud security, primary roles and responsibilities, and cloud fundamentals.
Course 2: Strategies for Cloud Security Risk Management (approx. 20 hours): Introduces widely used cloud risk management frameworks, security domains, the compliance lifecycle, and regulations such as HIPAA, NIST CSF and SOC.
Course 3: Cloud Security Risks: Identify and Protect Against Threats (approx. 22 hours): Covers identity management and access control, threat and vulnerability management, cloud‑native principles and data protection measures.
Course 4: Detect, Respond and Recover from Cloud Cybersecurity Attacks (approx. 22 hours): Emphasises logging, security and alert monitoring, attack mitigation techniques, incident management, crisis communications and preparing for business continuity and disaster recovery.
Course 5: Put It All Together: Prepare for a Cloud Security Analyst Job (approx. 11 hours): Combines and applies material from courses 1-4 in an interactive capstone project and finalises resume updates and interview techniques.

Skills:

Cloud security principles and the security lifecycle
Risk management processes and implementing security controls to mitigate risks
Compliance lifecycle, data protection, and privacy
Identity and Access Management (IAM), including AAA elements
Threat and vulnerability management, securing containers and Kubernetes
Security monitoring, identifying security alerts, and composing custom queries against aggregated logs
Incident response, attack mitigation, and disaster recovery planning

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