Your company is storing sensitive customer records in Cloud Storage and worries about unauthorized access if physical disks are stolen or if traffic is intercepted between Google data centers. How does Google Cloud's default encryption help mitigate these risks as part of its multilayered defense-in-depth strategy?
It guarantees data never leaves the customer's chosen region by blocking cross-regional replication.
It automatically anonymizes all personal data, ensuring sensitive fields are never stored in clear text.
It encrypts data transparently both at rest and in transit, so stolen disks or intercepted traffic reveal only unreadable ciphertext.
It removes the need to configure Identity and Access Management roles because encryption alone controls access.
Google Cloud automatically encrypts all customer data before it is written to disk (encryption at rest) and re-encrypts it when it moves between Google facilities or is transmitted externally (encryption in transit). Because the data remains encrypted unless it is accessed by an authenticated and authorized request, attackers who obtain storage media or eavesdrop on network traffic cannot read the information. Encryption does not replace IAM controls, perform data masking, or control data residency, so those statements are incorrect.
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