PCSE Practice Question: Configuring Access Within a Cloud Solution Environment
An organization uses Cloud Identity with Google Workspace. They want to grant a group of external auditors read-only access to a specific folder in Google Cloud. The auditors have accounts in the organization's Cloud Identity domain. What is the most efficient way to grant this access?
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Correct answer & explanation
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Create a Google Group, add auditors to it, and grant the group the Viewer role at the folder level.
The best practice is to create a Google Group (which is a Cloud Identity group) containing the auditors, then grant the group the desired IAM role (e.g., Viewer) at the folder level. This simplifies management.
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Create a Google Group, add auditors to it, and grant the group the Viewer role at the folder level.
Why this is correct
Efficient and scalable.
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Create a custom role and assign it to each auditor.
Why it's wrong here
Still requires individual assignments.
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Use Cloud Directory Sync to sync auditors from an external identity provider.
Why it's wrong here
Unnecessary; auditors are already in Cloud Identity.
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Grant each auditor the Viewer role individually at the folder level.
Why it's wrong here
Not efficient; hard to manage.
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