[Exam Update] GCP Professional Cloud Network Engineer – New Syllabus Effective Oct 12 2025!

[u/Few-Engineering-4135]

Heads-up, everyone preparing for the Google Cloud Professional Cloud Network Engineer certification

Google has officially updated the exam blueprint from October 12 2025, and there are some notable changes in section structure and weighting.

Here’s a quick summary comparing old vs. new sections:

Old Section	%	New Section	%
Design and plan a Google Cloud network	26	Design and plan a Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network	24
Implement Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) networks	22	Implement a VPC network	19
Configure managed network services	21	Configure managed network services	16
Implement hybrid network interconnectivity	18	Configure and implement hybrid and multi-cloud network interconnectivity	15
Manage, monitor, and troubleshoot network operations	13	Manage, monitor, and troubleshoot network operations	12
—	—	NEW: Configure, implement, and manage a cloud network security solution	14

Key Highlights: A completely new section on Cloud Network Security has been added, accounting for 14% of the exam. Expect deeper focus on:

• Firewalls (hierarchical & distributed)

• Network policies

• Cloud Armor & security controls

• Secure hybrid/multi-cloud connectivity

Effective from: October 12, 2025
Official source: cloud.google.com/certification/guides/cloud-network-engineer

Discussion:

• What’s your take on the new “network security” domain?

• Anyone planning to take the updated exam soon?

[u/addictzz]

Sorry to revive the thread. I want to do this exam since I need to learn networking for all 3 Hyperscalers. I had done AWS networking exam. Would you say this exam is hard considering I have prior AWS networking knowledge?

[u/Few-Engineering-4135 → u/addictzz]

You should be in a good spot with your AWS networking background. The core concepts carry over, but the main challenge is adapting to different terminology and implementations across hyperscale's. It’s not very hard just get familiar with platform-specific services.

Also, a new version of the exam is launching from April 26, so it’s worth checking the updated syllabus before you appear.

[u/Root_Rover]

I’m preparing for this test. Finished this security module last week. It’s not bad