PCSE Practice Question: Managing Operations in a Cloud Solution Environment
A security team uses Security Command Center Premium to detect threats. They want to receive real-time notifications when a finding of type 'Threat' with severity 'CRITICAL' or 'HIGH' is created. Which approach should they use?
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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Create a SCC notification config with a filter for threat type and severity levels, sending to a Pub/Sub topic.
SCC Premium provides built-in Pub/Sub notifications for findings. You can configure notification configs with filters to receive only specific finding types and severities. There is no need to export to BigQuery or use Cloud Functions to poll; the notification config pushes to a Pub/Sub topic.
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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Use BigQuery to query SCC findings and schedule a query that pushes results to Pub/Sub.
Why it's wrong here
This adds unnecessary latency and is not real-time.
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Create a log sink to export SCC findings to Pub/Sub and then filter using Cloud Functions.
Why it's wrong here
SCC findings are not exported via log sinks; they are accessed via SCC API or notifications.
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Create a SCC notification config with a filter for threat type and severity levels, sending to a Pub/Sub topic.
Why this is correct
This is the standard way to get real-time notifications for specific findings.
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Enable Event Threat Detection and configure it to send alerts via email.
Why it's wrong here
Email is not real-time, and this does not cover all SCC findings.
Quick reference
Cloud Service Model Comparison
| Model | You Manage | Provider Manages | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| IaaS | OS, runtime, apps, data | Hardware, hypervisor, networking | EC2, Azure VMs, GCP Compute Engine |
| PaaS | Apps and data | OS, runtime, middleware, hardware | Elastic Beanstalk, Azure App Service |
| SaaS | Data and settings only | Everything else | Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Workday |
| FaaS / Serverless | Function code only | Infra, scaling, runtime | Lambda, Azure Functions, Cloud Run |
| CaaS | Containers and apps | Kubernetes, OS, hardware | EKS, AKS, GKE |
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