PCSE Practice Question: Managing Operations in a Cloud Solution Environment
A security engineer wants to export Cloud Audit Logs to a third-party SIEM in real time. Which log sink destination should they configure?
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Pub/Sub
To export logs in real time, configure a log sink with a Pub/Sub topic as the destination. The SIEM can then subscribe to that topic.
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Pub/Sub
Why this is correct
Pub/Sub enables real-time streaming of logs to a SIEM via a push subscription.
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BigQuery
Why it's wrong here
BigQuery is used for long-term analysis, not real-time streaming.
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Cloud Storage
Why it's wrong here
Cloud Storage is for archival; data is written in near-real time but is not ideal for real-time SIEM ingestion.
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Logging bucket
Why it's wrong here
A logging bucket is the default storage for logs, not a destination for real-time export.
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