Cloud SQL Backups and Restore
Can you backup every 10 minutes (your maximum tolerable data loss)? Yes, up to 10 minutes of data loss, as the db backups (e.g. .bak file in SQL…
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Azure Data Protection Native Services
Which service in Azure should you use for different types of data protection? Database encryption – SQL TDE and Always Encrypt, built into the SQL Server Engine File…
Invoicing, Billing, Folder Structures and Payment profiles on GCP
You CAN have multiple payment profiles, although it is recommended to have a SINGLE payment profile at the Org leve multiple payment profiles – not recommended by google…
Error Reporting on GCP
Also read Logging on GCP Error Reporting on GCP Error reporting is simply another level of cloud logging. The verbosity level of logs is set to Error Notifications…
Useful Organization Policies in GCP
Also read VPC Service Controls Combined with security command center, org SCPs can provide just about any security guardrail around Projects, Folders, Organizations and Resources within Projects. Service…
Compute Engine and App Engine – Identity Aware Proxy (IAP)
Also read – IAP equivalent on Azure? and Service Controls and IAM – a 2 minute Security Solution on GCP IAP is a combination of Identity (Access Management)…
Next Gen Firewalls for Cloud Hosted Resources
Also read Azure Firewall versus NSGs and GCP Firewall Policies versus VPC Firewall Rules Traffic Filtering is what Next Gen Firewalls provide (e.g. Palo Alto). Whether you need…
Work Functions mapped to GCP Roles
GCP has over a few thousand built in (predefined) roles for a variety of activities. (Also Read AWS Work functions mapped to policies in AWS) Organizational Level Work…
Firewall Rules, Firewall Policies GCP
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