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Start Managing Operations in a Cloud Solution Environment PracticeA security engineer needs to ensure that all Google Cloud API calls in the organization are logged and retained for 7 years for compliance. Admin Activity logs are enabled by default but retention is limited. Which combination of actions should the engineer take?
Explanation: Admin Activity logs are enabled by default but cannot be retained beyond the default period (400 days for audit logs). To retain for 7 years, you must use a log sink to export them to Cloud Storage (which can be configured with retention policies). BigQuery is for analysis, not archival. The default retention cannot be changed.
A company wants to receive real-time notifications when Security Command Center (SCC) detects a high-severity vulnerability in their Google Cloud projects. They need to integrate with their existing SIEM. Which approach should they use?
Explanation: SCC findings can be exported to Pub/Sub for real-time integration. The SIEM can subscribe to the Pub/Sub topic. Cloud Logging can also be used but SCC does not directly write findings to Logging. Cloud Functions alone would require Pub/Sub as trigger.
A DevOps team is implementing Binary Authorization for a GKE cluster. They want to ensure that only container images signed by a specific attestor can be deployed. They have created the attestor and configured Cloud KMS for signing. Which additional step is required to enforce the policy?
Explanation: Binary Authorization requires a policy to enforce attestation. The policy must be set to 'Require Attestations' and attached to the GKE cluster (via a policy binding). Creating the attestor alone is insufficient. The policy can be set at project level.
A security analyst needs to investigate a potential breach in a Compute Engine instance. They want to create an offline forensic copy of the disk without affecting the running instance. Which action should they take?
Explanation: Creating a snapshot is the correct method to create a point-in-time copy of a persistent disk for forensic analysis. The snapshot can be used to create a new disk for analysis. Stopping or creating an image modifies the instance state or does not preserve all data.
A company is using Security Command Center (SCC) Standard tier and wants to detect threats like crypto mining attacks and anomalous IAM activity in their GCP environment. Which built-in service should they enable?
Explanation: Event Threat Detection is a premium tier service that detects threats such as crypto mining and suspicious IAM activity. Security Health Analytics is misconfigurations. Web Security Scanner is for web apps. VM Threat Detection is also premium but for VMs.
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