What this book covers
Chapter 1, Getting to Know Google’s Cloud, is a short introduction and level set on Google Cloud, to make sure you enter the rest of the book with the base knowledge you need.
Chapter 2, IAM, Users, Groups, and Admin Access, introduces Google’s 10 steps to building a solid foundation, and completes the first three: setup initial access to Google Cloud, configure the first users and security groups, and enable administrative access.
Chapter 3, Setting Up Billing and Cost Controls, will help you understand how Google Cloud charges, configure initial billing, and lay in budgets and alerts to help prevent cost overruns.
Chapter 4, Terraforming a Resource Hierarchy, introduces infrastructure automation with Terraform, and then use it to build an initial resource hierarchy, which will help with the application of security related policies.
Chapter 5, Controlling Access with IAM Roles, uses groups and Google predefined security roles to control permissions across our organization in Google Cloud.
Chapter 6, Laying the Network, builds a Virtual Private Cloud network to help isolate and secure network related resources.
Chapter 7, Foundational Monitoring and Logging, explains how to leverage Google Cloud instrumentation to better monitor and troubleshoot systems in Google Cloud.
Chapter 8, Augmenting Security and Registering for Support, extends and reinforces Google Cloud security measures, and how to register for support for when you need help from Google.