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Securing user access with Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP)

Securing user access with Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP) - Google Cloud Platform Tutorial

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Securing user access with Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP)

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All right, so now we're going to talk about Identity-Aware Proxy. And the purpose of this tool is to be able to control access to our web applications. And you can use it across other Google services as well. But in this demo specifically, let's say we have a sensitive internal dashboard that anybody on the internet can get to. But instead of setting up some really robust security system to control access to it, we're just going to use a single switch right here in Identity-Aware Proxy and put it in front of the app. And then that's going to force every single user to use a valid Google ID before they can even see the website going forward. So before we jump into it, Identity-Aware Proxy, if you look down here on this website here on Google site, increased security. So think about granular access, control policies, things like device identity, user identity, IP address, geofencing, all that good stuff, you can use Identity-Aware Proxy to limit access to your applications. And then…

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