Google PCA Designing for Security and Compliance Practice Question
A company wants to deploy a web application behind an HTTPS Load Balancer and only allow authenticated users from their corporate Active Directory. Which two services should they use together? (Choose two.)
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Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP)
Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP) provides authentication and authorization for applications. Cloud Identity (or Cloud Directory Sync) integrates with Active Directory to provide user identities.
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Load balancer
A load balancer is a device or software that distributes incoming network traffic across multiple servers so no single server gets overwhelmed.
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Proxy
A proxy is an intermediary server that sits between a client and a destination server, forwarding requests and responses while providing security, privacy, and control.
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