GIAC (SANS)

GIAC Cloud Security Architecture and Design

GCAD

The GIAC Cloud Security Architecture and Design (GCAD) certification validates your ability to secure cloud environments using zero-trust strategies and foundational architecture principles. It is designed for cloud architects, engineers, and security professionals who design and implement secure cloud architectures. Earning GCAD demonstrates expertise in identity and access management, network security, data protection, and centralized monitoring across cloud providers.

Practice Free Questions

5Domains

18Objectives

154Practice pages

744Free questions

GCAD free practice questions

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Cloud Identity

40 questions · 8 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40

Customer Identity and Access Management

52 questions · 11 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–50 51–52

Federated Access and SSO

60 questions · 12 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–50 51–55 56–60

Conditional Access Policies

30 questions · 6 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30

Architecting Cross-Cloud Identity

32 questions · 7 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–32

Centralizing Shared Network Services

45 questions · 9 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45

Cloud Network Micro Segmentation

47 questions · 10 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–47

Network Firewalls and Traffic Inspection

34 questions · 7 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–34

Managing Cloud Networks at Scale

53 questions · 11 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–50 51–53

Data Security

48 questions · 10 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–48

Defending Data in the Cloud

28 questions · 6 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–28

Key Management Architecture

30 questions · 6 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30

Data Classification and Resource Tagging

35 questions · 7 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35

Comprehensive Logging and Aggregation

53 questions · 11 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–50 51–53

Orchestrating Log Integrations for Operational Value

50 questions · 10 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–50

Incident Response in the Cloud

36 questions · 8 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–36

Implementing Zero Trust

49 questions · 10 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–49

Hierarchical Cloud Structures

22 questions · 5 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–22

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GIAC Cloud Security Architecture and Design

GCAD free practice questions

Domain 1 · Identity and Access Management29% of practice bank · 5 objectives · 214 questions29%

Domain 2 · Network Architecture and Security24% of practice bank · 4 objectives · 179 questions24%

Domain 3 · Data Protection and Security19% of practice bank · 4 objectives · 141 questions19%

Domain 4 · Logging, Monitoring, and Incident Response19% of practice bank · 3 objectives · 139 questions19%

Domain 5 · Zero Trust and Governance10% of practice bank · 2 objectives · 71 questions10%