Jay Pandya

Training: Offensive GCP Operations & Tactics Certification (OGOTC)

Offensive GCP Operations & Tactics Certification (OGOTC) is an advanced, hands-on training course designed to provide security professionals, penetration testers, and cloud engineers with a deep understanding of the security landscape within Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This course covers the full attack lifecycle, from initial access to post-exploitation, equipping participants with the skills to identify, exploit, and defend against real-world vulnerabilities in GCP environments.

The course begins with an overview of GCP architecture, focusing on key services like Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, and Cloud Run. Participants will learn how to perform both unauthenticated and authenticated enumeration using techniques such as API abuse, DNS reconnaissance, and Google Dorking. The course then explores initial access methods, including credential theft, phishing (Evilginx), and misconfigured IAM roles. Hands-on labs will demonstrate privilege escalation, lateral movement through service accounts, and data exfiltration using GCP services.

Participants will also explore command and control (C2) strategies using GCP services and discover how to abuse metadata servers for escalation. Advanced modules cover Kubernetes exploitation, including pod compromise and privilege abuse within clusters. The course concludes with defensive strategies, showing how to harden IAM policies, secure APIs, and prevent privilege escalation.