Intro to Google Cloud

Question 1

Compute Service

Answer 1

Services related to virtual machines and computing resources

Question 2

Storage

Answer 2

Services for data storage solutions

Question 3

Big Data

Answer 3

Tools and services for handling large data sets

Question 4

Machine Learning

Answer 4

Services and tools for building ML models

Question 5

Application Services

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Services for developing and running applications

Question 6

IaaS

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Infrastructure as a Service, raw compute, storage, and network capabilities

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PaaS

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Platform as a Service, code binding to infrastructure

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Compute Engine

Answer 8

IaaS offering virtual machines

Question 9

App Engine

Answer 9

PaaS offering for application deployment

Question 10

Regions

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Geographical areas with Google Cloud data centers

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Zones

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Subsections within regions for redundancy

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europe-west2

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Region example in London

Question 13

europe-west2-a

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Zone example within europe-west2 region

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Resource redundancy

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Ensuring continuous service by duplicating resources (prevent failure from natural disasters)

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Multi-region

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Resources spanning multiple regions for reliability

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Spanner

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Google Cloud’s globally distributed database

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provenance

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Record that describes entities and processes involved in influencing that resource

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Hardware security chip

Answer 18

Chip designed for securing hardware

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Secure boot stack

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Ensuring correct software stack boots

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Cryptographic signatures

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Verification of software components

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Premises security

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Physical security measures for data centers

Question 22

Encryption of inter-service communication

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Encrypting communication between services

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RPC

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Remote Procedure Call, protocol for inter-service communication

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U2F

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Universal 2nd Factor, security key for user authentication

Question 25

Encryption at rest

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Encrypting stored data

Question 26

Centrally-managed keys

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Managing encryption keys centrally

Question 27

Hardware encryption

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Encryption support in physical storage devices

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Google Front End

Answer 28

Google's service for handling internet traffic securely

Question 29

TLS connections

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Transport Layer Security for encrypted connections

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DoS protection

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Protection against Denial of Service attacks

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Intrusion detection

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System for detecting unauthorized access

Question 32

Reducing Insider risk

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Measures to limit insider threats

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U2F Security Keys

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Physical security keys for user authentication

Question 34

Per-second billing

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Billing based on per-second usage

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Discount for VM usage

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Cost reduction for sustained VM usage

Question 36

Custom VM

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Customizable virtual machines for cost optimization

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Budgets

Answer 37

Setting cost limits

Question 38

Alerts

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Notifications for reaching cost thresholds

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Reports

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Usage reports for services

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Quotas

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Limits on resources usage

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Rate Quotas

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Limits reset after a specific time

Question 42

Allocation Quotas

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Limits on number of resources per project