Google Cloud (GCP) Setup & Security

Google Cloud (GCP) Setup & Security

Owner
Trevor Njiruh

Make Google Cloud (GCP) the Most Secure Foundation of Your Business — Not the Weakest Link

I turn default Google Cloud organizations into fully hardened, zero-trust, and compliance-ready environments in days — without breaking your workflows or frustrating your developers.

✅ Hardened 60+ Google Cloud organizations (startups to enterprises)

✅ Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer certified

✅ Zero exploited breaches or ransomware incidents post-implementation

What You Get – Complete GCP Zero-Trust & Compliance Hardening

  • Organization policy hierarchy + SCP-equivalent constraints
  • IAM with least privilege + Conditioned access (device, IP, location, risk)
  • Resource Hierarchy lockdown (folders, projects, billing separation)
  • VPC Service Controls + Private Google Access everywhere
  • Cloud Armor WAF + DDoS protection (99.999% uptime SLA)
  • Security Command Center Premium + Chronicle SIEM ingestion
  • Asset Inventory + real-time risk scoring
  • Forseti / Security Health Analytics → 95%+ score in <14 days
  • Cloud Audit Logs + BigQuery sinking + automated alerts
  • Confidential Computing + Shielded VMs where needed
  • Workload Identity Federation (no service account keys)
  • Binary Authorization + Artifact Registry policy enforcement
  • Full network security (Hierarchical Firewall Policies, DNSSEC, Private CA)
  • Domain-wide DNS setup (Cloud DNS, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, CAA records)

Pricing Packages

🟦 GCP Secure Start -$1,500–$3,000

Great for startups, new GCP tenants, or light workloads.

You deliver:

  • Resource hierarchy cleanup
  • Core IAM hardening
  • Basic firewall policies
  • Audit logs enabled + retention
  • Domain/DNS setup
  • Safety guardrails (SCC Standard)
  • 1–2 onboarding/offboarding workflows

Delivery: 3–5 days

🟦 GCP Zero-Trust Pro (Most Popular) $4,500–$9,500

Perfect for growing teams, SaaS companies, fintech, healthtech.

Everything in Secure Start, plus:

  • IAM Conditions + JIT privilege
  • Private Google Access everywhere
  • VPC Service Controls
  • SCC Premium + Chronicle setup
  • Cloud Armor WAF + DDoS protection
  • Secure CI/CD (Binary Authorization + Artifact policy)
  • IAM Recommender cleanup
  • 95%+ security posture within 14 days
  • 2- 4 compliance-ready documents

Delivery: 1–2 weeks

🟦 GCP Enterprise Compliance & SOC Readiness — $10,000–$22,000+

For regulated industries or multi-project organizations.

Everything in Zero-Trust Pro, plus:

  • Full compliance mapping (SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / HIPAA)
  • Multi-environment hierarchy (prod / staging / dev)
  • Hierarchical Firewall + microsegmentation
  • Cloud Build pipeline security
  • BigQuery security + access boundaries
  • DR architecture + HA configurations
  • Chronicle detections + threat hunts
  • Executive dashboards & reporting
  • Up to 3 audit meetings

Delivery: 2–6 weeks

🟩 Monthly GCP Security Management — $650–$3,500/mo

Your recurring revenue, low-stress support package.

Included:

  • Monthly security posture review
  • IAM cleanup + drift detection
  • SCC + Chronicle detections tuning
  • Monthly patching for VMs/clusters
  • Cost optimization
  • Incident response availability
  • Policy updates + guardrail adjustments

Real Client Wins

  • U.S. FinTech (Series C) → Blocked live ransomware propagation across 47 projects → SCC Premium score from 39% to 99% in 9 days
  • European HealthTech SaaS → Passed ISO 27001 & SOC 2 with zero GCP findings → No service account keys in codebases after Workload Identity rollout
  • African Logistics Unicorn → Stopped $420k crypto-mining bill in 4 hours using custom Chronicle detectors

Certifications & Tools I Master

  • Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer (Certified)
  • Security Command Center Premium | Chronicle | VPC Service Controls
  • Cloud Armor | Access Context Manager | BeyondCorp Enterprise
  • Binary Authorization | Assured Workloads | Confidential Computing
  • Forseti replacement (Config Validator, Policy Controller)
  • Full DNS & domain management (Cloud DNS, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, CAA, MX)

Frequently Asked Questions

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Will this slow down our developers?
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Do you also handle migrations to GCP?
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Can we still use third-party SaaS tools?
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What about ongoing management?

Ready to Make Google Cloud Your Fort Knox?

Book a free 20-minute live demo — I’ll jump into your organization (read-only) and show you exactly what’s exposed today and how fast we can lock it down.

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Securing Google Cloud for companies worldwide since 2021 | Zero exploited breaches post-implementation