In this self-paced training course, participants learn mitigations for attacks at many points in a Google Cloud-based infrastructure, including Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks, phishing attacks, and threats involving content classification and use. They also learn about the Security Command Center, cloud logging and audit logging, and using Forseti to view overall compliance with your organization's security policies.
Mitigating Security Vulnerabilities on Google Cloud
Mitigating Security Vulnerabilities on Google Cloud
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Instructor: Google Cloud Training
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6 hours to complete
3 weeks at 2 hours a week
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What you'll learn
Manage protection against distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS).
Manage content-related vulnerabilities.
Implement Google Cloud monitoring, logging, auditing, and scanning solutions.
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There are 4 modules in this course
Welcome to Mitigating Security Vulnerabilities on Google Cloud! In this course we will build upon the foundations laid during the earlier courses in this series. In this section, expect to learn more about security tools available to you when using Google Cloud, and how to use them to lower the risk of malicious attacks against your systems, software and data.
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2 readings
Distributed Denial of Service Attacks are a major concern today and can have a huge impact on businesses if the business is not adequately prepared. In this module we will begin with a quick discussion on how DDoS attacks work and then review some DDoS mitigation techniques that are provided by Google Cloud. We will finish up with a review of complementary partner products and a lab where you will get a chance to see some DDoS mitigations in action.
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8 videos1 assignment1 app item
In this module we will discuss threats to your content. First, we review the threat of ransomware, and some of the mitigations you can utilize in Google Cloud to help protect your systems from it. Then we will move to a discussion of threats related to data misuse and privacy violations and discuss a few mitigation strategies that can be utilized to protect applications and systems.
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7 videos1 assignment1 app item
Collecting, processing, aggregating, and displaying real-time quantitative data is helpful in supplying raw input into business analytics and in facilitating analysis of security breaches. Google Cloud provides many services and features to help with this - and that is what this module is all about.In this module we will investigate Cloud Monitoring and Cloud Logging, Cloud Audit Logs, and then discuss how to leverage Forseti Security to systematically monitor your Google Cloud resources.
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MF
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Reviewed on Jan 22, 2021
I need more practices to be more confident in mitigating vulnerabilities on GCP
JM
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Reviewed on Jul 8, 2020
Amazing experience of working around in the backend of cloud computer professionals!!!
CM
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Reviewed on Feb 19, 2019
The only downhill is that labs sometimes don't get checked well, so I had to do them twice in order to get the grades
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