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3 Good News for Data Engineers in the Google Cloud
How Google makes Life easier when working with BigQuery and Co.
In recent months, Google has already brought out some interesting new services and features around the Google Cloud and tools like BigQuery and Co. A larger throw was e.g. Google BigLake.
Now there are again some innovations, which should please Data Engineers in particular.
Better Integration with Customer managed Encryption Keys and CMEK
Google just announced that customer managed encryption keys are now integrated with CMEK organization policies. It was in preview but is now for anyone general available. Some may say oh how boring, but you should never forget an increasingly important issue is privacy and security and here this feature really helps. Recently, Google had already equipped BigQuery with other protection mechanisms here — read more here.
If you want to control encryption yourself, you can use customer managed encryption keys for…
