You have been tasked with inspecting IP packet data for invalid or malicious content. What should you do?

The correct answer is A. Use Packet Mirroring to mirror traffic to and from particular VM instances. Perform inspection. https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/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.

Submitted by fernanda_arg· Apr 18, 2026Configuring network security

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You have been tasked with inspecting IP packet data for invalid or malicious content. What should you do?

Options

AUse Packet Mirroring to mirror traffic to and from particular VM instances. Perform inspection
BEnable VPC Flow Logs for all subnets in the VPC. Perform inspection on the Flow Logs data
CConfigure the Fluentd agent on each VM Instance within the VPC. Perform inspection on the log
DConfigure Google Cloud Armor access logs to perform inspection on the log data.

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A
92% (22)
B
4% (1)
D
4% (1)

Explanation

https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/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.

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

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