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PCSE Ensuring Data Protection Practice Question

A security team wants to automatically rotate a database password stored in Secret Manager every 60 days and notify the operations team when a new version is created. Which approach should they use?

Answer choices

Why each option matters

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Correct answer & explanation

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Set a rotation period on the secret and configure a Pub/Sub topic for notifications; use a Cloud Function to generate new password

Secret Manager supports automatic rotation with a Pub/Sub topic. You can set a rotation period (e.g., 60 days) and a Pub/Sub topic for notifications. A Cloud Function can listen to the topic and update the password. Secret Manager can also call a user-provided Cloud Function to generate the new secret version.

Answer analysis

Option-by-option breakdown

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  • ✓

    Set a rotation period on the secret and configure a Pub/Sub topic for notifications; use a Cloud Function to generate new password

    Why this is correct

    Secret Manager rotation with Pub/Sub and Cloud Function automates password generation and notification.

  • ✗

    Use Cloud Scheduler to call Secret Manager API to add a new version

    Why it's wrong here

    While possible, this does not include notification via Pub/Sub; also Secret Manager supports built-in rotation with Pub/Sub.

  • ✗

    Use Cloud KMS key rotation to rotate the secret

    Why it's wrong here

    Cloud KMS rotates encryption keys, not the secret content itself.

  • ✗

    Manually update the secret every 60 days

    Why it's wrong here

    Manual rotation is not automatic.

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