Key features of Google Cloud Armor
- IP Whitelisting and Blacklisting: You can control access to your application by allowing or denying traffic from specific IP addresses or address ranges.
- Custom Rules: You can create custom rules to control access based on various attributes such as IP address, URL, HTTP method, and header values.
- Request Logging and Analysis: Cloud Armor provides detailed request logs that can be used for traffic analysis, security analysis, and auditing.
- Automatic IP Blocking: Google’s threat intelligence is used to automatically block malicious IP addresses and prevent security threats.
- Global Network: Cloud Armor uses Google’s global network to provide high availability and low latency protection for your applications.
- DDoS Protection: Cloud Armor provides protection against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, which can cause significant downtime and impact the availability of your application.
- HTTPS Load Balancing: Cloud Armor integrates with Google’s HTTPS Load Balancer, which provides end-to-end encryption and SSL termination for your applications.
- Integration with other Security Services: Cloud Armor integrates with other Google Cloud security services, such as VPC Service Controls, Cloud Web Security Scanner, and Cloud Security Command Center, to provide a comprehensive security solution for your applications.
One of the key benefits of Cloud Armor is its integration with Google’s global network. This network provides high availability and low latency, ensuring that applications remain accessible even under attack. Cloud Armor provides real-time traffic monitoring, reporting, and alerting, so administrators can quickly identify and respond to security threats.
Google Cloud Armor
Pre-requisite: Google Cloud Platform
Google Cloud Armor is a Security Service provided by Google Cloud that protects internet-facing applications from cyberattacks and unauthorized access. It provides network-layer protection for applications running on Google Cloud. It uses Google’s global network and threat intelligence to secure applications against various types of cyberattacks. It provides a layered security approach to safeguard against various threats, including DDoS attacks, SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and others.
Cloud Armor offers features such as IP whitelisting and IP blacklisting, custom rules for access control, request logging and analysis, and automatic IP blocking for security threats. These features help protect applications against unauthorized access, protect against data theft or compromise, and ensure application availability during traffic spikes or security incidents.