Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Mattias is back with the biggest GCP news this month. In the final episode of 2021, GCP Regions expanded to include Chile, Cloud Tasks are unchained from App Engine, and we look at how Google offers support for the Log4j 2 issue with Cloud IDS and Google Cloud Armor WAF. Also, GCP updates PubSub to store topic messages for longer, and more!
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Quick jump to the Google Cloud Platform news:Introduction (0:00)
New GCP Region in Santiago, Chile (0:26)
Google named Leader in The Forrester Wave: AI Infrastructure (0:49)
Cloud IDS (Intrusion Detection System) now GA (1:07)
Google offers support for Log4j 2 Issue (1:24)
- Cloud IDS Detection of Log4j 2 Issue (1:44)
- Cloud WAF Mitigation of Log4j 2 Issue (1:55)
Cloud Tasks no longer dependent on AppEngine (2:20)
Anthos MultiCloud API GA for Azure (2:42)
Datastream now GA (3:02)
Mute noisy findings with Security Command Center (SCC) (3:14)
PubSub can now store topic messages for 31 days (3:29)
Workload Identity Federation for GitHub Actions (3:48)
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- Expanding our infrastructure with GCP regions around the world: cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure/google-cloud-platform-region-updates
- Forrester names Google Cloud a leader in AI Infrastructure: cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/google-cloud-a-leader-in-the-forrester-wave-ai-infrastructure
- The Forrester Wave™: AI Infrastructure, Q4 2021 report: cloud.google.com/resources/forrester-wave-ai-infrastructure-report
- Cloud IDS for network-based threat detection is now generally available: cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/announcing-general-availability-of-google-cloud-ids
- Google Cloud recommendations for investigating and responding to the Apache “Log4j 2” vulnerability: cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/recommendations-for-apache-log4j2-vulnerability
- Why Does This Open Source Library Have Cybersecurity Teams Panicked?: youtu.be/cnGQjW4E_HA
- Google Cloud IDS signature updates to help detect CVE-2021-44228 Apache Log4j vulnerability: cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/cloud-ids-to-help-detect-cve-2021-44228-apache-log4j-vulnerability
- Google Cloud Armor WAF rule to help mitigate Apache Log4j vulnerability: cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/cloud-armor-waf-rule-to-help-address-apache-log4j-vulnerability
- Cloud Tasks: Now available in 23 GCP Regions: cloud.google.com/blog/products/serverless/deploy-cloud-tasks-queues-in-multiple-gcp-regions
- Unlock the power of change data capture and replication with new, serverless Datastream, now GA: cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/serverless-change-data-capture-and-replication
- Security Command Center - Increasing operational efficiency with new mute findings capability: cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/announcing-mute-findings-capability-security-command-center
- SRE - Practical Alerting from Time-Series Data: https://sre.google/sre-book/practical-alerting/
- Store more and worry less with 31 day retention in Pub/Sub: cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/pubsub-launches-extended-message-storage-for-event-sourcing
- Enabling keyless authentication from GitHub Actions: cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/enabling-keyless-authentication-from-github-actions
- SRE implements DevOps playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIivdWyY5sqJrKl7D2u-gmis8h9K66qoj
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Mattias is back with the biggest GCP news this month. In the final episode of 2021, GCP Regions expanded to include Chile, Cloud Tasks are unchained from App Engine, and we look at how Google offers support for the Log4j 2 issue with Cloud IDS and Google Cloud Armor WAF. Also, GCP updates PubSub to store topic messages for longer, and more!
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Quick jump to the Google Cloud Platform news:Introduction (0:00)
New GCP Region in Santiago, Chile (0:26)
Google named Leader in The Forrester Wave: AI Infrastructure (0:49)
Cloud IDS (Intrusion Detection System) now GA (1:07)
Google offers support for Log4j 2 Issue (1:24)
- Cloud IDS Detection of Log4j 2 Issue (1:44)
- Cloud WAF Mitigation of Log4j 2 Issue (1:55)
Cloud Tasks no longer dependent on AppEngine (2:20)
Anthos MultiCloud API GA for Azure (2:42)
Datastream now GA (3:02)
Mute noisy findings with Security Command Center (SCC) (3:14)
PubSub can now store topic messages for 31 days (3:29)
Workload Identity Federation for GitHub Actions (3:48)
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- Expanding our infrastructure with GCP regions around the world: cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure/google-cloud-platform-region-updates
- Forrester names Google Cloud a leader in AI Infrastructure: cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/google-cloud-a-leader-in-the-forrester-wave-ai-infrastructure
- The Forrester Wave™: AI Infrastructure, Q4 2021 report: cloud.google.com/resources/forrester-wave-ai-infrastructure-report
- Cloud IDS for network-based threat detection is now generally available: cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/announcing-general-availability-of-google-cloud-ids
- Google Cloud recommendations for investigating and responding to the Apache “Log4j 2” vulnerability: cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/recommendations-for-apache-log4j2-vulnerability
- Why Does This Open Source Library Have Cybersecurity Teams Panicked?: youtu.be/cnGQjW4E_HA
- Google Cloud IDS signature updates to help detect CVE-2021-44228 Apache Log4j vulnerability: cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/cloud-ids-to-help-detect-cve-2021-44228-apache-log4j-vulnerability
- Google Cloud Armor WAF rule to help mitigate Apache Log4j vulnerability: cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/cloud-armor-waf-rule-to-help-address-apache-log4j-vulnerability
- Cloud Tasks: Now available in 23 GCP Regions: cloud.google.com/blog/products/serverless/deploy-cloud-tasks-queues-in-multiple-gcp-regions
- Unlock the power of change data capture and replication with new, serverless Datastream, now GA: cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/serverless-change-data-capture-and-replication
- Security Command Center - Increasing operational efficiency with new mute findings capability: cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/announcing-mute-findings-capability-security-command-center
- SRE - Practical Alerting from Time-Series Data: https://sre.google/sre-book/practical-alerting/
- Store more and worry less with 31 day retention in Pub/Sub: cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/pubsub-launches-extended-message-storage-for-event-sourcing
- Enabling keyless authentication from GitHub Actions: cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/enabling-keyless-authentication-from-github-actions
- SRE implements DevOps playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIivdWyY5sqJrKl7D2u-gmis8h9K66qoj
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