Google Cloud Security Services
As we discussed in Part 1 of this book, cloud security is all about securing the cloud – addressing the challenges and using risk detection, remediation, and prevention in the cloud. Starting with the shared responsibility model, in which the cloud service providers (CSPs) are responsible for securing the underlying infrastructure and the customers are responsible for securing their data and applications, Google takes cloud security as a top priority and has built multiple layers of protection in following industry best practices. In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Google Cloud IAM: Google has enabled granular control over access and permissions to GCP resources and services
- Google Cloud endpoint security: Google provides secure protection for GCP endpoints and services, such as virtual machines (VMs), Google Cloud Storage (GCS), and virtual private cloud (VPC) networks
- Google Cloud data security: We will discuss...