Professional Cloud Architect

Design, plan, and manage secure, scalable, and highly available solutions on Google Cloud, and track your readiness for the Professional Cloud Architect exam Domain by Domain.

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Google Cloud service

Secret Manager

Topic in 3 exam domains

Also called: Cloud Secrets, Google Cloud Secret Manager, Google Secret Manager, SECRET_MANAGER

A Google Cloud service used to securely store sensitive data such as private keys.

Where this appears on the exam

3 objectives in 2 of 6 domains

Domain 2
Managing and provisioning a cloud solution infrastructure
~17.5% of exam
1. 2.2Configuring individual storage systems
  - Data retention and data lifecycle management
2. 2.3Configuring compute systems
  - Serverless computing
Domain 3
Designing for security and compliance
~17.5% of exam
1. 3.1Designing for security
  - Data security (key management, encryption, secret management)

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Last updated October 14, 2026

Professional Cloud Architect

Design, plan, and manage secure, scalable, and highly available solutions on Google Cloud, and track your readiness for the Professional Cloud Architect exam Domain by Domain.

Intermediate

Prepare and test your skills

Intermediate

Prepare and test your skills

Google Cloud service

Secret Manager

Topic in 3 exam domains

Also called: Cloud Secrets, Google Cloud Secret Manager, Google Secret Manager, SECRET_MANAGER

A Google Cloud service used to securely store sensitive data such as private keys.

Where this appears on the exam

3 objectives in 2 of 6 domains

Domain 2
Managing and provisioning a cloud solution infrastructure
~17.5% of exam
1. 2.2Configuring individual storage systems
  - Data retention and data lifecycle management
2. 2.3Configuring compute systems
  - Serverless computing
Domain 3
Designing for security and compliance
~17.5% of exam
1. 3.1Designing for security
  - Data security (key management, encryption, secret management)

How learners score on this topic

Last updated October 14, 2026

Professional Cloud Architect

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