PCSE Practice Question: Managing Operations in a Cloud Solution Environment
An organization needs to scan container images stored in Artifact Registry for vulnerabilities before deployment. They want to use a managed service that integrates with their CI/CD pipeline. Which Google Cloud service should they use?
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Why each option matters
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Container Analysis
Artifact Registry integrates with Container Analysis (also known as Artifact Analysis) to automatically scan images for vulnerabilities. This is a managed service that works out-of-the-box for images stored in Artifact Registry. Web Security Scanner is for web applications, VM Manager patch management is for VM patches, and Cloud Security Scanner is not a real service.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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Container Analysis
Why this is correct
Container Analysis automatically scans images in Artifact Registry for known vulnerabilities.
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Web Security Scanner
Why it's wrong here
Web Security Scanner scans web applications for vulnerabilities, not container images.
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Cloud Security Scanner
Why it's wrong here
This is not a real GCP service.
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VM Manager patch management
Why it's wrong here
This is for patching operating systems on VM instances, not container images.
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