Question

A healthcare company is moving patient records to Google Cloud. Their security team is specifically worried about an attacker intercepting and reading data as it travels across the network between their application and Google Cloud APIs. Which Google Cloud security capability directly addresses this concern?

Accepted Answer

Encryption in transit, which protects data as it moves between the client and Google services and between Google's data centers

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Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles that restrict who can view the records

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Encryption at rest, which automatically encrypts stored data on Google's persistent disks

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Cloud Audit Logs, which record who accessed the patient records and when