Professional Cloud Developer

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keyless authentication

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The authentication approach configured for Google SecOps SOAR remote agents with Workload Identity Federation.

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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)
  - Authenticating to Google Cloud services (e.g., Application Default Credentials, JSON Web Token [JWT], OAuth 2.0, Cloud SQL Auth Proxy, AlloyDB Auth Proxy, Identity Platform, WIF)

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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

Concept

keyless authentication

Topic in 2 exam domains

X LinkedIn Facebook Reddit

The authentication approach configured for Google SecOps SOAR remote agents with Workload Identity Federation.

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)
  - Authenticating to Google Cloud services (e.g., Application Default Credentials, JSON Web Token [JWT], OAuth 2.0, Cloud SQL Auth Proxy, AlloyDB Auth Proxy, Identity Platform, WIF)

How learners score on this topic

Last updated November 2, 2026

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