Professional Cloud Security Engineer exam objectives
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Titles and weightings from the official objectives. Google Cloud exam page ↗
Configuring access
25% of exam1.1 1.1 Managing Cloud Identity
1.2 1.2 Managing service accounts
1.3 1.3 Managing authentication
1.4 1.4 Managing and implementing authorization controls
1.5 1.5 Defining the resource hierarchy
Securing communications and establishing boundary protection
22% of exam2.1 2.1 Designing and configuring perimeter security
2.2 2.2 Configuring boundary segmentation
2.3 2.3 Establishing private connectivity
Ensuring data protection
23% of exam3.1 3.1 Protecting sensitive data and preventing data loss
3.2 3.2 Managing encryption at rest, in transit, and in use
3.3 3.3 Securing AI workloads
Managing operations
19% of exam4.1 4.1 Automating infrastructure and application security
4.2 4.2 Configuring logging, monitoring, and detection
Supporting compliance requirements
11% of exam5.1 5.1 Adhering to regulatory and industry standards requirements for the cloud
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