PCSE Practice Question: Managing Operations in a Cloud Solution Environment
Your company needs to implement real-time monitoring of security events from Google Cloud resources. They want to ingest logs into a third-party SIEM system. Which two services should they use together? (Choose two.)
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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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Cloud Logging log sink with Pub/Sub destination
Cloud Logging can export logs to Pub/Sub, and a subscriber (SIEM connector) can ingest them. Chronicle is a Google SIEM, but the question asks for third-party SIEM integration.
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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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Cloud Storage export
Why it's wrong here
Cloud Storage is for archival, not real-time streaming.
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Cloud Logging log sink with Pub/Sub destination
Why this is correct
This enables streaming logs to Pub/Sub for real-time consumption.
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Chronicle SIEM
Why it's wrong here
Chronicle is Google's SIEM, not third-party.
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BigQuery export
Why it's wrong here
BigQuery is for batch analysis, not real-time.
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Pub/Sub subscription with a subscriber pulling logs
Why this is correct
The subscriber (e.g., a custom connector) pulls logs from Pub/Sub and sends to the third-party SIEM.
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