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Start Securing Data PracticeA data analyst needs to share a sensitive customer table with the marketing team in Databricks. The marketing team should only see customer records where the country is United States, and they must never see the credit_card column. Which Unity Catalog feature should be configured to meet both of these governance requirements simultaneously?
Explanation: Unity Catalog provides fine-grained governance by allowing administrators to define both row filters and column masks on a single table. Applying a row filter restricts access to specific rows based on predicates, while column masking obfuscates sensitive data attributes. Combining these two capabilities on the same table ensures that users only view authorized subsets of information without duplicating underlying storage.
A data analyst needs to share a sensitive table containing personally identifiable information (PII) with a regional team. The team should only see rows belonging to their specific region and must have the email column completely masked. Which combination of Unity Catalog features should be implemented?
Explanation: While dynamic views can achieve this, Unity Catalog now supports native Row Filters and Column Masks (applied via ALTER TABLE) which are distinct from dynamic views. Option B describes a dynamic view approach, which is a valid legacy pattern, but the explanation should clarify that these are implemented via Unity Catalog's native security features (Row Filters and Column Masks) rather than just 'dynamic views'.
A security administrator is configuring access control for a new Unity Catalog catalog containing financial reports. Which TWO actions can be performed by a user who has been granted the USE CATALOG privilege on this catalog? (Choose two.)
Explanation: The USE CATALOG privilege is a foundational hierarchical permission in Unity Catalog. While it does not grant direct read access to data inside schemas and tables, it allows users to traverse the catalog structure to view metadata objects and list child entities such as schemas and functions, acting as a prerequisite for accessing deeper assets.
A data analyst needs to grant a marketing user access to a specific table in Unity Catalog while ensuring they cannot see sensitive PII columns. Which Unity Catalog feature should the analyst implement?
Explanation: Unity Catalog supports column-level security via GRANT/REVOKE statements (e.g., GRANT SELECT(col1, col2) ON TABLE table_name TO user). While dynamic views are a valid approach, they are no longer the only or primary way to restrict column access. The explanation incorrectly states that column-level GRANT is not a native feature.
Refer to the exhibit. A user in the 'finance_team' reports they cannot see the 'main.sales.revenue' table in the Data Explorer UI. What is the most likely cause?
Explanation: In Unity Catalog, to view objects in Data Explorer, a user must have the USAGE privilege on the parent catalog and the USAGE privilege on the parent schema, in addition to permissions on the table itself. Lacking USAGE on either the catalog or schema prevents the user from navigating or seeing child objects in the UI.
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