PCSE Ensuring Data Protection Practice Question
A company is deploying a multi-region application that must store data only within the European Union to comply with GDPR data residency requirements. They also need to ensure that Google Cloud administrators cannot access customer content. Which two controls should they implement? (Choose TWO).
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Apply the organization policy constraint gcp.resourceLocations with the allowed regions set to europe-west1, europe-west2, etc.
To enforce data residency, the organization policy constraint gcp.resourceLocations restricts resource creation to specific regions. For EU data residency, they would list EU regions. Access Transparency provides logs of Google admin access to customer content, allowing the customer to monitor and audit such access. Assured Workloads is for compliance frameworks like FedRAMP, not specifically for data residency. Cloud DLP is for data loss prevention, not residency. VPC Service Controls is for data exfiltration prevention, not residency.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Use VPC Service Controls.
Why it's wrong here
VPC Service Controls prevent data exfiltration but do not enforce geographic residency.
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Apply the organization policy constraint gcp.resourceLocations with the allowed regions set to europe-west1, europe-west2, etc.
Why this is correct
This policy ensures resources are only created in specified EU regions.
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Enable Access Transparency.
Why this is correct
Access Transparency logs Google admin access to customer content, providing visibility and auditability.
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Configure Cloud DLP inspection jobs to scan for GDPR-sensitive data.
Why it's wrong here
DLP helps find and protect sensitive data, but does not enforce residency or prevent admin access.
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Enable Assured Workloads with EU regions boundary.
Why it's wrong here
Assured Workloads supports compliance frameworks, but the EU data boundary is enforced via organization policy, not Assured Workloads itself.
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