Beyond the Perimeter: Evolving From the DMZ in Google Cloud
Is your organization lifting and shifting legacy security patterns into the cloud? This white paper, Beyond the Perimeter: Evolving From the DMZ in Google Cloud, explains why the traditional DMZ is a technical and philosophical anti-pattern in a modern cloud architecture.
We explore how to achieve the original security intent of a DMZ — isolating untrusted traffic from sensitive backends — through a superior, multi-layered and cloud-native defense-in-depth strategy. This modern paradigm replaces brittle, location-based trust with granular, identity-aware controls woven directly into the fabric of the Google Cloud platform.
Key takeaways include:
- Adopting Zero Trust: Move from a "defensible perimeter" model to a "never trust, always verify" approach
- Leveraging Microsegmentation: Use Cloud Firewall and GKE Network Policies to contain lateral movement and shrink the attack surface down to a single workload
- Preventing Data Exfiltration: Implement VPC Service Controls as a powerful last line of defense against data theft
Download your copy and learn how to build a more secure, scalable and resilient cloud environment.
