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Phase 1 — Foundation — Course 2 of 14

IAM and Security Basics

Service accounts, roles, policies, Cloud Identity, and organization security — NexaCloud's identity foundation on Google Cloud.

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Emily Carter — DevOps Engineer · ShopStream
Your Guide
EC
Emily Carter
DevOps Engineer
ShopStream
Migrating ShopStream's e-commerce platform to GCP — real problems, real Google Cloud.
Course Lessons
Follow each lesson in order — each one builds on the last.
Phase 1 — Foundation
GCP IAM and Security Basics
11Lessons
~4hDuration
1Project
FreeAccess
Your Guide
EC
Emily Carter
DevOps Engineer
ShopStream
What you'll learn
  • IAM roles — basic, predefined, custom
  • Create and manage service accounts
  • IAM policies and bindings
  • Cloud Identity and org policies
  • IAM best practices and audit logs
Lesson 01
What is IAM on GCP?
Theory
Lesson 02
GCP Resource Hierarchy and IAM
Theory
Lesson 03
Roles — Basic, Predefined, and Custom
Console
Lesson 04
Service Accounts Explained
Console
Lesson 05
IAM Policies and Bindings
Console
Lesson 06
Cloud Identity and Workforce Identity
Theory
Lesson 07
Organization Policies
Console
Lesson 08
IAM Conditions and Context-Aware Access
Console
Lesson 09
Audit Logs and IAM Monitoring
Console
Lesson 10
IAM Best Practices
Theory
Lesson 11
Hands-On: ShopStream IAM Setup
Hands-on
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