Course Overview
- Course Title: GCP Professional Security Operations Engineer Practice Exams
- Instructor: Nico Wichmann (Nex Arc)
- Target Audience:
- Security professionals preparing for Google Cloud certifications
- Cloud administrators focusing on GCP security operations
- DevSecOps engineers enhancing threat detection & response skills
- IT professionals aiming for GCP Professional Security Operations Engineer certification
- Prerequisites:
- Basic understanding of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services
- Familiarity with security operations, SIEM, and incident response
- Recommended: GCP Associate Cloud Engineer knowledge or equivalent experience
Curriculum Highlights
- Key Topics Covered:
- Platform Operations: Configuring Security Command Center (SCC), Google SecOps, and IAM policies
- Log Ingestion & Data Management: Ingesting, parsing, and normalizing security telemetry in Google SecOps SIEM
- Threat Hunting: Developing queries for IOCs, anomalous behavior detection using GTI (Google Threat Intelligence) and BigQuery
- Detection Engineering: Writing YARA-L rules and custom detectors to identify attack patterns
- Incident Response & Forensics: Containing incidents, evidence collection, and root cause analysis using SecOps tools
- Security Observability: Creating dashboards & reports with Cloud Monitoring, Looker Studio, and Google SecOps analytics
- Key Skills Learned:
- Mastering GCP security tools (SCC, SecOps, IAM, BigQuery)
- Designing detection rules and threat hunting queries
- Implementing incident response workflows in GCP
- Configuring log ingestion pipelines for security telemetry
- Building custom security dashboards for observability
Course Format
- Duration: 6 practice tests (~200+ questions)
- Format: Self-paced online course with timed & untimed exam modes
- Resources:
- Detailed answer explanations for all questions
- Performance tracking by exam domain
- Mobile access for on-the-go learning
- Regularly updated to match latest GCP exam objectives
Additional Information
- Exam Domains Aligned With:
- Google Cloud Professional Security Operations Engineer certification blueprint
- Question Types:
- Multiple-choice & scenario-based questions mimicking real exam format
- Instructor Credentials:
- 4.7/5 instructor rating (282 reviews, 4,800+ students)
- Cloud Consultant with expertise in GCP security & DevSecOps