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Google Security-Operations-Engineer Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | |
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| Exam Name: | Google Cloud Certified - Professional Cloud Security Operations Engineer |
| Exam Number: | Security-Operations-Engineer |
| Available Languages: | English, Japanese |
| Exam Duration: | 120 minutes |
| Exam Price: | USD 200 |
| Passing Score: | Not publicly disclosed (pass/fail basis) |
| Exam Format: | Multiple choice, Multiple select |
| Real Exam Qty: | 50-60 |
| Related Certifications: | Google Cloud Certified - Professional Cloud Security Operations Engineer |
| Certificate Validity Period: | 2 years |
| Sample Questions: | ![]() |
| Exam Way: | Online proctored or at a testing center |
| Pre Condition: | Recommended: 3+ years of industry experience, including 1+ years designing and managing solutions using Google Cloud |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://cloud.google.com/learn/certification/cloud-security-operations-engineer |
Google Security-Operations-Engineer Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Objectives |
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| Managing vulnerabilities and compliance | - Compliance and governance
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| Automating security operations | - Security automation and orchestration
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| Configuring and managing cloud security operations | - Configuring cloud security monitoring
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| Detecting and responding to security threats | - Responding to security incidents
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120 minutes for 50-60 questions. Practice seriously with the clock running — timed sessions in the GuideTorrent engine turn time pressure into routine before test day.
The Google Cloud Certified - Professional Security Operations Engineer (PSOE) is Google's certification exam for Google Cloud Certified, at the Expert level. For IT workers with aspirations, it's essential proof of capability — the line that starts or advances a career. Related credentials include Google Cloud Certified - Professional Cloud Security Operations Engineer.
The Google Cloud Certified - Professional Security Operations Engineer (PSOE) blueprint spans 4 domains — including Configuring and managing cloud security operations, Automating security operations, Managing vulnerabilities and compliance. Allocate study time by weighting, and consult the full outline above for every subtopic.
Recommended: 3+ years of industry experience, including 1+ years designing and managing solutions using Google Cloud Vendors revise eligibility rules periodically, so confirm the current requirements on the official page (official Security-Operations-Engineer exam page) before registering.
Google Cloud Certified - Professional Security Operations Engineer (PSOE) Sample Questions:
Your team hunts for threats in a large multinational corporation. You have subscriptions to threat intelligence feeds from third-party sources. You want to implement a solution to continuously compare DNS calls on endpoints to your threat intelligence feeds. What should you do?
- A. Create a YARA-L rule in Google Security Operations (SecOps) to track matches between the ingested EDR log entries and the VirusTotal table in the entity graph.
- B. Push endpoint logs to BigQuery and use scripts to compare entries to Google Threat intelligence by using a Google Threat Intelligence API key.
- C. Create a YARA-L rule in Google Security Operations (SecOps) to track matches between the ingested EDR log entries and the entity graph.
- D. Use custom modules in Event Threat Detection in Security Command Center (SCC) to correlate feed data with Google Cloud logs.
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
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You have identified and isolated a new malware sample installed by an advanced threat group that you believe was developed specifically for an attack against your organization. You want to quickly and efficiently analyze this malware to get IOCs without alerting the threat group. What should you do?
- A. Search for the threat group in Google Threat Intelligence.
- B. Upload the malware to Google Threat Intelligence by using Private Scanning.
- C. Calculate the file checksum for the malware, and search for the checksum in GoogleThreat Intelligence by using VirusTotal.
- D. Upload the malware to Google Threat Intelligence by using VirusTotal.
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
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You have a close relationship with a vendor who reveals to you privately that they have discovered a vulnerability in their web application that can be exploited in an XSS attack. This application is running on servers in the cloud and on-premises. Before the CVE is released, you want to look for signs of the vulnerability being exploited in your environment. What should you do?
- A. Ask the Gemini Agent in Google Security Operations (SecOps) to search for the latest vulnerabilities in the environment.
- B. Create a YARA-L 2.0 rule to detect high-prevalence binaries on your web server architecture communicating with known command and control (C2) nodes. Review inbound traffic from those C2 domains that have only started appearing recently.
- C. Create a YARA-L 2.0 rule to detect a time-ordered series of events where an external inbound connection to a server was followed by a process on the server that spawned subprocesses previously not seen in the environment.
- D. Activate a new Web Security Scanner scan in Security Command Center (SCC), and look for findings related to XSS.
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
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You work for an organization that operates an ecommerce platform. You have identified a remote shell on your company's web host. The existing incident response playbook is outdated and lacks specific procedures for handling this attack. You want to create a new, functional playbook that can be deployed as soon as possible by junior analysts. You plan to use available tools in Google Security Operations (SecOps) to streamline the playbook creation process. What should you do?
- A. Add instruction actions to the existing incident response playbook that include updated procedures with steps that should be completed. Have a senior analyst build out the playbook to include those new procedures.
- B. Create a new custom playbook based on industry best practices, and work with an offensive security team to test the playbook against a simulated remote shell alert.
- C. Use Gemini to generate a playbook based on a template from a standard incident response plan and implement automated scripts to filter network traffic based on known malicious IP addresses.
- D. Use the playbook creation feature in Gemini, and enter details about the intended objectives. Add the necessary customizations for your environment, and test the generated playbook against a simulated remote shell alert.
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
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Your organization uses the curated detection rule set in Google Security Operations (SecOps) for high priority network indicators. You are finding a vast number of false positives coming from your on-premises proxy servers. You need to reduce the number of alerts. What should you do?
- A. Configure a rule exclusion for the principal.ip field.
- B. Configure a rule exclusion for the network.asset.ip field.
- C. Configure a rule exclusion for the target.domain field.
- D. Configure a rule exclusion for the target.ip field.
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
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