PCSE Ensuring Data Protection Practice Question
A security engineer needs to view logs of Google Cloud support engineers accessing their data to meet compliance requirements. Which GCP feature should they enable?
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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Access Transparency
Access Transparency provides near-real-time logs of Google admin access to customer content. It is available for certain services like Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, etc. Audit Logs record actions performed by users in the customer's project, not Google staff. Access Approval is a separate feature that allows customers to approve or deny access requests. VPC Flow Logs record network traffic, not admin access.
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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Access Approval
Why it's wrong here
Access Approval allows customers to approve/deny access requests, but does not log access after the fact.
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Access Transparency
Why this is correct
Access Transparency logs Google admin access to customer content.
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Audit Logs
Why it's wrong here
Audit Logs record actions by users in the customer's project, not Google staff actions.
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VPC Flow Logs
Why it's wrong here
VPC Flow Logs record network flows, not admin access.
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