You manage your organization's Security Operations Center (SOC). You currently monitor and detect network traffic anomalies in your Google Cloud VPCs based on packet header information. However, you…

The correct answer is D. Packet Mirroring. Packet Mirroring clones the traffic of specified instances in your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network and forwards it for examination. Packet Mirroring captures all traffic and packet data, including payloads and headers. https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/packet-mirroring

Submitted by yasin.bd· Apr 18, 2026Configuring network security

Question

You manage your organization's Security Operations Center (SOC). You currently monitor and detect network traffic anomalies in your Google Cloud VPCs based on packet header information. However, you want the capability to explore network flows and their payload to aid investigations. Which Google Cloud product should you use?

Options

AMarketplace IDS
BVPC Flow Logs
CVPC Service Controls logs
DPacket Mirroring
EGoogle Cloud Armor Deep Packet Inspection

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A
16% (9)
B
2% (1)
C
9% (5)
D
70% (39)
E
4% (2)

Explanation

Packet Mirroring clones the traffic of specified instances in your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network and forwards it for examination. Packet Mirroring captures all traffic and packet data, including payloads and headers. https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/packet-mirroring

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#Network Security#Packet Mirroring#Traffic Analysis#Security Operations

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