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Hardening Resource Access Through API Controls in Google Cloud
This lab focuses on the Security Enforcement pillar of Google Cloud. You will start with a "wide-open" Compute Engine instance and systematically strip away excessive privileges to align with the Principle of Least Privilege (PoLP).
Lab Info
Table of Contents
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Challenge
Evaluate the insecure state
- Observe the Compute Engine instance service account.
- Review access scope to determine if full access to all Cloud APIs is set or not.
- Check the Permissions tab.
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Challenge
Harden Compute Engine API access
- Create a least-privelaged identity.
- Assign resource-level access.
- Reconfigure the VM.
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Challenge
Remediate and verify access controls
- Test authorized access with
gsutil. - Test unauthorized access with
gsutil. - Test and validate API access restrictions.
- Test authorized access with
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