Exam objectivesPCSE

Professional Cloud Security Engineer exam objectives

The published blueprint is the contract: the exam can only test what is on this list. Domains carry their official weightings, and objectives with a practice page link straight to questions written for that objective.

Titles and weightings from the official objectives. Google Cloud exam page

Configuring access

25% of exam
  • 1.1 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 exam
  • 2.1 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 exam
  • 3.1 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 exam
  • 4.1 4.1 Automating infrastructure and application security

  • 4.2 4.2 Configuring logging, monitoring, and detection

Supporting compliance requirements

11% of exam
  • 5.1 5.1 Adhering to regulatory and industry standards requirements for the cloud

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