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Professional Cloud Architect Google Cloud Certification Guide - Second Edition

By : Konrad Cłapa, Brian Gerrard
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Book Image

Professional Cloud Architect Google Cloud Certification Guide - Second Edition

5 (1)
By: Konrad Cłapa, Brian Gerrard

Overview of this book

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is one of the industry leaders thanks to its array of services that can be leveraged by organizations to bring the best out of their infrastructure. This book is a comprehensive guide for learning methods to effectively utilize GCP services and help you become acquainted with the topics required to pass Google's Professional Cloud Architect certification exam. Following the Professional Cloud Architect's official exam syllabus, you'll first be introduced to the GCP. The book then covers the core services that GCP offers, such as computing and storage, and takes you through effective methods of scaling and automating your cloud infrastructure. As you progress through the chapters, you'll get to grips with containers and services and discover best practices related to the design and process. This revised second edition features new topics such as Cloud Run, Anthos, Data Fusion, Composer, and Data Catalog. By the end of this book, you'll have gained the knowledge required to take and pass the Google Cloud Certification – Professional Cloud Architect exam and become an expert in GCP services.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
1
Section 1: Introduction to GCP
5
Section 2: Manage, Design, and Plan a Cloud Solution Architecture
14
Chapter 12: Exploring Storage and Database Options in GCP – Part 2
17
Section 3: Secure, Manage and Monitor a Google Cloud Solution
21
Section 4: Exam Focus

Chapter 15: Security and Compliance

Security in GCP was built in from the start and certainly not an afterthought! In each service that GCP provides, you will see that security is paramount. In the public cloud era, it's true that a single breach of security can not only cause direct financial implications but can also have a detrimental effect on future business for a company. For this reason, GCP takes the view that the best way is in-depth defense rather than a single piece of technology, and it offers a lot more security than what a customer can usually afford by replicating on-premises. In this chapter, we will look at the key topics that we need to understand to be successful in the exam and try to give an overview of security and the importance GCP places on it.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Introduction to security
  • Cloud Identity
  • Resource Manager
  • IAM
  • Organization Policies
  • Service accounts
  • Fire rules and load balancers...