Enhancing Security in GCP
You can enhance GCP security by various methods. Some of them are mentioned below.
- Utilize IAM to control access: By using IAM we manage access to the resources that are provided by GCP.IAM can help us to grant permission to users, groups, and resources based on the roles.
- Utilize the VPC Service Controls: By placing the application in a private cloud where we can manage all of the resources we have placed in it, VPC services enable us to regulate the incoming traffic to the application.
- Activate MFA (multi-factor authentication): MFA will strengthen the security of our GCP account by asking the user to provide a second form of authentication like OTP or hardware token.
- Use encryption: GCP offers a number of encryption solutions, including both at-rest and in-transit encryption. Protect your data from unauthorized access by using encryption.
What is GCP (Google Cloud Platform) Security?
Pre-requisite: GCP
Google when the name arrives it is known for a variety of applications such as Gmail, Drive, and Docs with cloud services. But do we ever think about how the security mechanism is worked for that? How the data is being kept intact with the security keeping in mind for about more than a billion users, you can’t bet that security is always on the mind of Google employees but Design for security is common, throughout the infrastructure for the services running on GCP. There are seven layers in the GCP security infrastructure and all are responsible for their respective mechanisms. Google keeps the data secure by applying it all into the mechanism layers from bottom to top as both server boards and the networking equipment used in Data Centers are custom-designed personally by Google inside its hood.