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Your organization's security team recently discovered that there is a high risk of malicious activities originating from some of your VMs connected to the internet. These malicious activities are curr

The correct answer is D. Use Cloud NGFW Enterprise. Create a firewall rule for egress traffic with the --tls-inspect flag,. To inspect encrypted TLS traffic, Google Cloud's Cloud NGFW Enterprise is the appropriate solution. Cloud NGFW (Next-Generation Firewall) offers TLS inspection capabilities, allowing you to inspect outbound TLS traffic from VMs. By creating a firewall rule for egress traffic with

Submitted by kevin_r· Apr 18, 2026Implementing network security

Question

Your organization's security team recently discovered that there is a high risk of malicious activities originating from some of your VMs connected to the internet. These malicious activities are currently undetected when TLS communication is used. You must ensure that encrypted traffic to the internet is inspected. What should you do?

Options

  • AEnable Cloud Armor TLS inspection policy, and associate the policy with the backend VMs.
  • BUse Cloud NGFW Essentials. Create a firewall rule for egress traffic, and enable VPC Flow Logs
  • CConfigure a TLS agent on every VM to intercept TLS traffic before it reaches the internet.
  • DUse Cloud NGFW Enterprise. Create a firewall rule for egress traffic with the --tls-inspect flag,

How the community answered

(23 responses)
  • A
    4% (1)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    13% (3)
  • D
    78% (18)

Explanation

To inspect encrypted TLS traffic, Google Cloud's Cloud NGFW Enterprise is the appropriate solution. Cloud NGFW (Next-Generation Firewall) offers TLS inspection capabilities, allowing you to inspect outbound TLS traffic from VMs. By creating a firewall rule for egress traffic with the -- tls-inspect flag, you ensure that TLS traffic is decrypted and analyzed for potential malicious activity before it reaches external destinations.

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#Network security#TLS inspection#Cloud NGFW Enterprise#Egress traffic inspection

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