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Professional Cloud Architect –  Google Cloud Certification Guide

You're reading from   Professional Cloud Architect – Google Cloud Certification Guide A handy guide to designing, developing, and managing enterprise-grade GCP cloud solutions

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838555276
Length 520 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (26) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Introduction to GCP FREE CHAPTER
2. GCP Cloud Architect Professional 3. Getting Started with Google Cloud Platform 4. Google Cloud Platform Core Services 5. Section 2: Managing, Designing, and Planning a Cloud Solution Architecture
6. Working with Google Compute Engine 7. Managing Kubernetes Clusters with Google Kubernetes Engine 8. Exploring Google App Engine as a Compute Option 9. Running Serverless Functions with Google Cloud Functions 10. Networking Options in GCP 11. Exploring Storage Options in GCP - Part 1 12. Exploring Storage Options in GCP - Part 2 13. Analyzing Big Data Options 14. Putting Machine Learning to Work 15. Section 3: Designing for Security and Compliance
16. Security and Compliance 17. Section 4: Managing Implementation
18. Google Cloud Management Options 19. Section 5: Ensuring Solution and Operations Reliability
20. Monitoring Your Infrastructure 21. Section 6: Exam Focus
22. Case Studies 23. Test Your Knowledge 24. Assessments 25. Other Books You May Enjoy

Cloud Security Scanner

It's important to take application security as seriously as we take infrastructure security. Applications are one of the main targets of attacks, and GCP aids in this through the Cloud Security Scanner service. Of course, we know security is an extremely important topic and Cloud Security Scanner supports us in the early detection of vulnerabilities in our services.

When you create a scan, you can set this to scan URLs that your Compute Engine instance, App Engine instance, or GKE instance hosts and likewise exclude URLs. It will detect common vulnerabilities such as flash injection, mixed content, clear-text password, and cross-site scripting. We can also set a schedule for scans or perform them manually. It should be noted that Cloud Scanner can generate a real load against your application, so performance should be taken into consideration as some...

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