Google PCA Designing for Security and Compliance Practice Question
A security team needs to detect and redact personally identifiable information (PII) in documents stored in Cloud Storage before sharing them with external partners. Which two Google Cloud services should they use together? (Choose two.)
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Cloud Data Loss Prevention (DLP) API
Cloud DLP can scan Cloud Storage for PII and de-identify the data. The scanned and de-identified results can be written back to Cloud Storage. Cloud Dataflow is not needed for this simple use case; Cloud Function can trigger DLP jobs.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Cloud Data Loss Prevention (DLP) API
Why this is correct
DLP can inspect and de-identify PII in Cloud Storage.
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Cloud Storage
Why this is correct
Cloud Storage stores the documents and can store the de-identified output.
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Cloud KMS
Why it's wrong here
KMS is for encryption keys, not PII detection.
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Cloud Dataflow
Why it's wrong here
Dataflow is not required for DLP scanning of Cloud Storage; DLP has native Cloud Storage inspection.
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Cloud NAT
Why it's wrong here
Cloud NAT provides outbound internet access, not PII detection.
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Introduction to Google Cloud Platform
Key term
Dataflow
Dataflow is a Google Cloud managed service that processes and transforms data in real-time or batch mode using Apache Beam pipelines.
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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