Google PCA Designing for Security and Compliance Practice Question
A company wants to protect a web application from SQL injection and cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. They also need to block traffic from specific geographic regions. Which three features of Cloud Armor should they use? (Choose THREE).
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Rate limiting
WAF rules (preconfigured rules for SQLi, XSS), rate limiting (optional), and geographic restrictions (geo-based access control) are all features of Cloud Armor.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Rate limiting
Why this is correct
Can mitigate DDoS attacks by limiting request rates.
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WAF rules
Why this is correct
Preconfigured rules to block SQL injection, XSS, etc.
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Geographic restrictions
Why this is correct
Allow or block traffic based on geo-location.
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Cloud CDN
Why it's wrong here
Cloud CDN accelerates content delivery, not security features.
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Adaptive Protection
Why it's wrong here
Adaptive Protection is a machine learning-based DDoS protection that learns traffic patterns; it is not specifically for SQLi/XSS or geographic blocking.
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Introduction to Google Cloud Platform
Key term
Cloud Armor
Cloud Armor is a Google Cloud web application firewall (WAF) service that protects applications and websites from attacks like DDoS and SQL injection using customizable security rules.
Key term
Least privilege
Least privilege is a security principle that means giving users, systems, or programs only the minimum permissions they need to do their job and nothing more.
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