Google PCA Designing for Security and Compliance Practice Question
A data engineer needs to scan a Cloud Storage bucket for personally identifiable information (PII) and de-identify the data before loading it into BigQuery. Which Google Cloud service should they use?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Cloud DLP
Cloud Data Loss Prevention (DLP) API can inspect data for PII and de-identify it using techniques like masking, tokenization, or bucketing.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Cloud DLP
Why this is correct
Cloud DLP is designed for inspecting and de-identifying sensitive data.
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Cloud Dataprep
Why it's wrong here
Cloud Dataprep is for data preparation and cleaning, but not specifically for PII detection.
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Cloud Composer
Why it's wrong here
Cloud Composer is a workflow orchestration service, not a PII scanner.
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Cloud Data Fusion
Why it's wrong here
Cloud Data Fusion is a data integration service, not specifically for PII detection.
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Key term
CAN
A CAN (Controller Area Network) is a robust vehicle bus standard designed to allow microcontrollers and devices to communicate with each other without a host computer.
Key term
Data
Data is raw, unprocessed information, like numbers, words, or measurements, that can be stored, processed, and analyzed by computers.
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