To protect your web application from threats like malware by implementing TLS interception for incoming traffic, configuring a Secure Web Proxy with TLS offloading at the load balancer is an effective approach.
* Option A: By configuring a Secure Web Proxy, you can offload TLS traffic at the load balancer, inspect the decrypted traffic for threats such as malware, and then forward the inspected traffic to your web application. This approach ensures that encrypted traffic is securely analyzed without compromising the security of the data in transit.
* Option B: An internal proxy load balancer is designed for distributing traffic within a private network and may not support TLS interception capabilities required for inspecting incoming traffic from external sources.
* Option C: Hierarchical firewall policies in Google Cloud are used to enforce security rules across your organization but do not provide TLS interception capabilities.
* Option D: VPC firewall rules control traffic to and from VM instances based on specified rules but do not have the capability to perform TLS interception or traffic inspection.
Therefore, Option A is the most suitable solution, as it allows for TLS interception through a Secure Web Proxy, enabling the inspection of incoming encrypted traffic to detect and mitigate threats like malware before the traffic reaches your web application.
References:
* Secure Web Proxy Overview
* Cloud Load Balancing Overview