Google designs and builds its own stateless, purpose-built servers with no user-accessible removable media. From a security perspective, which business benefit does this practice provide as part of Google's multilayer defense-in-depth approach?
It limits hardware variability, allowing Google to apply uniform security controls and quickly patch the entire fleet.
It eliminates perimeter firewalls because server hardware alone blocks all network attacks.
It removes the need to encrypt data at rest because drives cannot be detached.
It lets customers co-locate Google servers in their on-premises racks for lower latency.
By standardizing on purpose-built hardware that lacks removable media, Google minimizes hardware variability and tampering opportunities. This tighter supply-chain control enables Google to enforce the same firmware, secure-boot process, and patch level across every server, significantly reducing the attack surface. The other statements are incorrect: customers cannot take Google servers off-site, encryption at rest remains essential, and hardware design alone does not remove the need for network firewalls.
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