PCSE Practice Question: Managing Operations in a Cloud Solution Environment
An organization wants to use Chronicle for SIEM. They need to ingest logs from an on-premises firewall. Which method 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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Use a forwarder (e.g., Syslog to UDM) to send logs to Chronicle
Chronicle provides forwarders (e.g., Syslog, Winlogbeat) that parse and send logs to the Chronicle backend.
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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Configure a log sink from Cloud Logging to Chronicle
Why it's wrong here
This is for GCP logs, not on-premises.
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Export logs to Cloud Storage and have Chronicle import them
Why it's wrong here
Chronicle does not natively ingest from Cloud Storage for streaming.
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Use a forwarder (e.g., Syslog to UDM) to send logs to Chronicle
Why this is correct
Chronicle supports third-party log ingestion via forwarders that convert logs to UDM format.
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Directly send logs to a Pub/Sub topic that is ingested by Chronicle
Why it's wrong here
On-premises logs cannot directly write to Pub/Sub without a forwarder.
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