Creating Security and Dashboard Operations for a Cloud-Dependent Company

ADVANCED
150 minutes
5 tasks

In this lab, you will build a comprehensive security operations solution for a fictitious company that relies heavily on cloud services for daily operations. You will explore the development of dashboards and reports, and configure health monitoring and alerting mechanisms. This lab focuses on creating observable security postures and detecting health anomalies by leveraging Google's Security Operations services.

Scenario

A large e-commerce company, CloudShop, focuses on ensuring transaction security and operational efficiency. As the company's Security Operations Engineer, you are tasked with designing a security operations framework leveraging GCP's services to ensure proactive monitoring and efficient response to security incidents.

Learning Objectives

  • Design a security operations dashboard using Looker Studio
  • Generate security reports suitable for leadership review
  • Set up health monitoring alerts in Cloud Monitoring
  • Configure notification channels for security alerts
  • Utilize SIEM to detect anomalies

tasks (5)

task 1: Create a Looker dashboard for security alerts

40 min

task 2: Generate and export a detailed security report

30 min

task 3: Set up Cloud Monitoring alerts

50 min

task 4: Configure notification channels for alerts

20 min

task 5: Detect health anomalies using Chronicle SIEM

50 min

Prerequisites

  • Basic understanding of Google Security Operations
  • Familiarity with Cloud Monitoring and Looker Studio

Skills Tested

Create dashboards in Looker StudioSet up alerting policies in Cloud MonitoringIntegrate Cloud services to improve observability

References

    Creating Security and Dashboard Operations for a Cloud-Dependent Company - Hands-On Lab - CertiPass