Google PCA Designing for Security and Compliance Practice Question
A company has multiple GCP projects under a folder. They want to define a custom IAM role that can be reused across all projects. Where should the custom role be defined?
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At the folder level
Custom roles can be defined at the organization level, folder level, or project level. To reuse across all projects, the role should be defined at the organization level or at the folder level if the folder contains all projects.
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At the folder level
Why this is correct
Folder-level roles apply to all projects in that folder.
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At the project level
Why it's wrong here
Project-level roles are scoped to that project only.
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At the organization level
Why it's wrong here
Organization level would also work, but folder level is the most specific scope that meets the requirement.
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At the resource level
Why it's wrong here
Custom roles cannot be defined at the resource level.
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Google Cloud Resource Hierarchy and Organization
Key term
Organization
An Organization is a top-level container in Google Cloud that represents your company or entities and serves as the root node for all your cloud resources, policies, and access control.
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Project
A project is a temporary endeavor with a defined beginning and end, undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result, managed through specific processes in IT environments.
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