cloud-security

Cloud Armor

Google Cloud Armor

Definition

Google Cloud Armor is GCP's managed DDoS protection and WAF service that protects applications deployed on Cloud Load Balancing, Cloud CDN, and Google Cloud endpoints. It provides pre-configured rule sets (OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set), adaptive protection that automatically detects and mitigates volumetric DDoS attacks, and geo-based access controls.

Cloud Armor integrates with Google's global network infrastructure to absorb attacks close to their source.

Related Terms

DDoS Protection

Cloud WAF

Cloud Web Application Firewall

Shield

AWS Shield

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