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SEC-204 Security

GCP Security Engineering

Google Cloud security in practice: IAM with conditions and org policies, VPC Service Controls for data-exfiltration perimeters, Security Command Center triage, workload identity, and CMEK — completing tri-cloud security fluency with the same drill-based finding-response format.

B4Professional
5modules
35skill atoms
1role journey
Curriculum

What this course covers.

5 modules, 35 named skill atoms. Expand any module to see them.

1IAM & Org Policy7 skill atoms
bindingsconditionsorg-policy guardrailsprimitive vs predefined vs custom rolesresource hierarchy inheritanceIAM recommender for role rightsizingdomain-restricted sharing constraint
2Data Perimeters7 skill atoms
VPC Service Controlsexfiltration defensesservice perimeter & bridge designdry-run before enforcementaccess levels & context-aware accessingress/egress rule authoringperimeter violation troubleshooting
3Detection & Posture7 skill atoms
Security Command Centerfinding triageEvent Threat Detection signalsfinding export via Pub/Submute rules & noise controlseverity normalizationposture drift reporting
4Workload Identity7 skill atoms
service accounts done safelyfederationGKE workload identity bindingservice account impersonation chainsexternal OIDC identity federationblocking service account key creationshort-lived token issuance
5Keys & Compliance7 skill atoms
CMEKaudit loggingevidence extractionKMS key ring & rotation schedulesadmin vs data-access log tierslog sinks to a compliance projectaccess transparency records
Where it fits

SEC-204 in a role journey.

This course appears in 1 of our 45 role journeys. Here is what a learner takes immediately before and after it in each.

Cloud Security Engineer

Practitioner stage
SEC-203SEC-204SEC-104

Roles this course serves

The capability ladder

This course is authored to band B4.

Every course we run is written to one rung of the CASI ladder, so a plan can be assembled to take a team from where they are to where they need to be.

What do B1–B6 mean?The CASI Capability Ladder — click to expand

Every course targets a band on the CASI Capability Ladder — our six-band proficiency scale, anchored to open standards (O*NET, ESCO, NICE, NIST AI RMF, Bloom's). A band tells you how deep a course goes, and what evidence proves it.

What the learner can doTypical evidence
B1
AwareUnderstands concepts and vocabulary; uses tools with guidance
Knowledge checks
B2
FoundationPerforms standard tasks correctly in familiar contexts
Guided labs, autograded exercises
B3
PractitionerDelivers complete pieces of work independently
Scenario labs, proctored hands-on exams
B4
ProfessionalHandles production-grade complexity, trade-offs and failure modes
Break-fix drills, design defenses
B5
AdvancedEngineers systems end-to-end under constraints; leads others
Rubric-scored capstones, vivas
B6
ExpertSets direction; recognised authority across teams
Portfolio + panel evaluation

A note on B6. Courses in this catalog target B1–B5. B6 is not taught — it is recognised, through a portfolio and a panel, once someone is setting direction for others. Every journey here is built to land a learner at B5.

Next step

Run SEC-204 for your team.

This course runs at several lengths depending on how deep you need to go and how much of it your people already have. Tell us who is being trained and we will scope it.

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