20+ practice questions focused on Google Cloud Security — one of the most tested topics on the Google Cloud Digital Leader exam. Each question includes a detailed explanation so you learn why the right answer is correct.
Start Google Cloud Security PracticeA security team needs to detect and respond to threats across their cloud environment. Which THREE services should they use together? (Choose 3)
Explanation: Security Command Center provides vulnerability and threat detection, Cloud IDS detects network intrusions, and Chronicle is a SIEM for log analysis and threat detection. Together they cover cloud workload, network, and log-based threats. Cloud Audit Logs are for auditing, not active detection. Mandiant is a threat intelligence/incident response offering, but not one of the primary three services to use together for day-to-day threat detection across the cloud environment.
A company needs to encrypt data at rest using keys that they manage, but they want to reduce operational overhead by having Google Cloud host the key management infrastructure. Which TWO options achieve this? (Choose 2)
Explanation: Option D, Cloud HSM, is correct because it is a Google Cloud-hosted key management service in which the hardware security modules are operated by Google while the customer retains control over key creation, rotation, and usage, satisfying both the managed-infrastructure and customer-managed-keys requirements. Option E, Customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK), is correct because CMEK lets the customer create and manage keys in Cloud KMS (including Cloud HSM-backed keys) while Google Cloud hosts and maintains the key management infrastructure, reducing operational overhead. Option A, Secret Manager, is not correct because it stores secrets such as API keys and passwords, not encryption keys used for data-at-rest encryption. Option B, Google-managed encryption keys, is not correct because Google fully manages the keys and the customer does not control them. Option C, Customer-supplied encryption keys (CSEK), is not correct because the customer must generate, store, and supply the raw key material, which increases rather than reduces operational overhead and does not use Google-hosted key management.
A security engineer needs to create a VPC Service Controls perimeter that prevents data exfiltration from a project containing sensitive data. The perimeter should allow BigQuery datasets in the project to be accessed only from authorized VMs within the same perimeter. Which step is essential?
Explanation: VPC Service Controls perimeters block access from outside. Resources inside the same perimeter can communicate freely by default, subject to IAM permissions. Since the authorized VMs are within the perimeter, adding the project to the perimeter alone is sufficient to block outside access while allowing internal access; no ingress or egress rule is required.
A DevOps engineer needs to grant a CI/CD pipeline (running on Compute Engine) permissions to deploy a Cloud Run service. The pipeline uses a service account. What is the correct approach to assign the necessary IAM role to the service account?
Explanation: The Compute Engine default service account is automatically created and attached to all Compute Engine instances unless overridden. Granting it the Cloud Run Deployer role (roles/run.deployer) allows the pipeline running on the instance to deploy Cloud Run services without managing additional credentials. This is the simplest and most secure approach because it leverages the instance's existing identity and avoids key file management.
A company wants to ensure data encryption at rest using customer-managed keys for Cloud SQL and Cloud Storage. Which TWO actions must they take? (Choose 2)
Explanation: Create a key ring and key in Cloud KMS, then configure each service to use that key (CMEK).
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