Security Intelligence Sources
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Custom Block lists or feeds (or objects or groups)
Block specific IP addresses, URLs, or domain names using a manually-created list or feed (for IP addresses, you can also use network objects or groups.) For example, if you become aware of malicious sites or addresses that are not yet blocked by a feed, add these sites to a custom Security Intelligence list and add this custom list to the Block list in the Security Intelligence tab of your access control policy.
Security Intelligence Sources
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Custom Block lists or feeds (or objects or groups)
Block specific IP addresses, URLs, or domain names using a manually-created list or feed (for IP addresses, you can also use network objects or groups.) For example, if you become aware of malicious sites or addresses that are not yet blocked by a feed, add these sites to a custom Security Intelligence list and add this custom list to the Block list in the Security Intelligence tab of your access control policy.
Security Intelligence Sources
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Custom Block lists or feeds (or objects or groups)
Block specific IP addresses, URLs, or domain names using a manually-created list or feed (for IP addresses, you can also use network objects or groups.) For example, if you become aware of malicious sites or addresses that are not yet blocked by a feed, add these sites to a custom Security Intelligence list and add this custom list to the Block list in the Security Intelligence tab of your access control policy.

The mechanism that the engineer should configure to accomplish the goal of sending telemetry using the cloud provider's mechanisms to a security device is VPC flow logs. VPC flow logs are a feature of Google Cloud that capture and record information about the network flows sent from and received by the virtual machines (VMs) inside a VPC network1. VPC flow logs can provide network telemetry data such as source and destination IP addresses, ports, protocols, bytes sent and received, and connection state1. VPC flow logs can be exported to Cloud Logging, Pub/Sub, or Cloud Storage for further analysis by security devices or tools1. VPC flow logs can help the engineer to perform behavioral analysis to detect malicious activity on the hosts, such as network scans, port sweeps, brute force attacks, data exfiltration, or lateral movement2.
The other options are not correct mechanisms to send telemetry using the cloud provider's mechanisms to a security device. Option A is incorrect because mirror port is not a feature of Google Cloud, but rather a network device configuration that copies traffic from one port to another for monitoring purposes3. Option B is incorrect because flow is not a specific mechanism, but rather a generic term that refers to a sequence of packets between a source and a destination4. Option C is incorrect because NetFlow is not a feature of Google Cloud, but rather a network protocol developed by Cisco that collects and aggregates information about network flows5. NetFlow is not compatible with VPC flow logs, which use a different format6. References:
* VPC flow logs overview
* When to use 5 telemetry types in security threat monitoring
* What is a Mirror Port?
* What is a Network Flow?
* What is NetFlow?
* Exporting VPC flow logs to Pub/Sub

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