Building Google Cloud Platform Solutions

Security concerns

There are a number of factors to consider when evaluating the use of custom images. Custom images generally carry a higher long-term operational cost when compared to the Google-provided public images. Teams must ensure that images are maintained and kept up to date with any security patches, whereas public images allow teams to offload the bulk of that responsibility to Google.

In either case, there are a number of tools and general best practices available to ensure that your instances remain secure. Teams should regularly perform security audits on their instances, and have machines execute automated updates where possible. Additionally, consider leveraging one of the many free or paid services that provide security scanning ...