Professional Cloud Developer

Build, test, deploy, and integrate cloud-native applications on Google Cloud, and track your readiness for the Professional Cloud Developer exam across every Domain.

Intermediate

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Intermediate

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Google Cloud service

Cloud Key Management Service (KMS)

Topic in 2 exam domains

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A Google Cloud service referenced for information about protecting data using encryption keys.

Where this appears on the exam

2 subdomains in 1 of 4 domains

Domain 1
Designing highly scalable, secure, and reliable cloud-native applications
~32% of exam
1. 1.2Designing secure applications
  - Storing, accessing, and rotating application secrets, credentials, and encryption keys (e.g., Secret Manager, Cloud Key Management Service, Workload Identity Federation)
  - Securing application artifacts using Binary Authorization

How learners score on this topic

Last updated November 2, 2026

Professional Cloud Developer

Build, test, deploy, and integrate cloud-native applications on Google Cloud, and track your readiness for the Professional Cloud Developer exam across every Domain.

Intermediate

Prepare and test your skills

Intermediate

Prepare and test your skills

Google Cloud service

Cloud Key Management Service (KMS)

Topic in 2 exam domains

X LinkedIn Facebook Reddit

A Google Cloud service referenced for information about protecting data using encryption keys.

Where this appears on the exam

2 subdomains in 1 of 4 domains

Domain 1
Designing highly scalable, secure, and reliable cloud-native applications
~32% of exam
1. 1.2Designing secure applications
  - Storing, accessing, and rotating application secrets, credentials, and encryption keys (e.g., Secret Manager, Cloud Key Management Service, Workload Identity Federation)
  - Securing application artifacts using Binary Authorization

How learners score on this topic

Last updated November 2, 2026