PCNE Implementing VPC Instances Practice Question
A company wants to protect its external HTTPS load balancer from SQL injection and cross-site scripting attacks. Which Google Cloud service should they use?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Cloud Armor
Cloud Armor provides WAF capabilities including preconfigured rules for OWASP Top 10 threats like SQLi and XSS, and can be attached to HTTPS load balancers.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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VPC Service Controls
Why it's wrong here
VPC Service Controls restrict data exfiltration, not application attacks.
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Cloud Firewall
Why it's wrong here
Firewall rules operate at the network layer, not application layer.
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Cloud IDS
Why it's wrong here
Cloud IDS is for network threat detection, not WAF filtering.
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Cloud Armor
Why this is correct
Cloud Armor provides WAF with preconfigured rules for SQLi and XSS.
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