Google designs and manufactures the servers and network devices that power its cloud data centers. Which primary security advantage does this vertically integrated, purpose-built hardware give organizations that run workloads on Google Cloud?
Google can integrate security components like Titan chips and verified boot at the hardware level, reducing supply-chain and firmware tampering risks.
Customers no longer need to manage any identity and access management (IAM) configurations for their projects.
Customers are free to load and control their own custom firmware on Google Cloud servers before deployment.
All inter-region traffic experiences zero latency because proprietary hardware bypasses the public internet entirely.
Because Google controls the full hardware supply chain, it can embed security capabilities-such as Titan chips that enforce verified boot and cryptographic identity-directly into its servers and networking gear. This makes it far harder for attackers to tamper with firmware or insert malicious components before the equipment ever reaches production. The other options either overstate what custom hardware can do (eliminating IAM duties or guaranteeing zero latency) or describe capabilities that are not provided (customer-chosen firmware).
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