Professional Cloud Security EngineerConfiguring network securityEasy
A company is migrating its on-premises applications to Google Cloud. They require a highly secure and private connection between their on-premises data center and their Google Cloud VPC network, ensuring that traffic never traverses the public internet. Which Google Cloud networking product should they use?
- ACloud Interconnect
- BVPC Peering
- CPublic Internet
- DCloud VPN
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: A. Cloud Interconnect
Cloud Interconnect provides a direct, private connection between your on-premises network and Google Cloud, bypassing the public internet entirely. This ensures high security, lower latency, and higher bandwidth compared to VPN over the public internet.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. VPC Peering connects two Google Cloud VPC networks and is not used for on-premises connectivity.
- C. The public internet explicitly violates the requirement for traffic never to traverse it.
- D. Cloud VPN uses encrypted tunnels over the public internet, which does not meet the requirement of traffic never traversing the public internet.
Cloud Interconnect
Cloud Interconnect provides a direct, private connection between your on-premises network and Google Cloud's network.
- Bypasses the public internet
- Offers higher bandwidth and lower latency than VPN over public internet
- Available in two main types: Dedicated and Partner Interconnect
Memory trick: Interconnect: The direct line to the Cloud.