PDE Storing the Data Practice Question
An organization wants to enforce that data in a Cloud Storage bucket cannot be deleted or overwritten for 7 years due to regulatory compliance. Which Cloud Storage feature should they use?
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Retention Policy with Bucket Lock
Retention Policy with a retention period ensures objects cannot be deleted or overwritten during that period. Bucket Lock makes the policy permanent. Object holds are per-object. Lifecycle management automates transitions/deletions, opposite of retention.
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Retention Policy with Bucket Lock
Why this is correct
Retention Policy prevents deletion/overwrites; Bucket Lock makes it immutable.
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IAM conditions
Why it's wrong here
IAM conditions control access based on attributes, not data retention.
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Object Lifecycle Management
Why it's wrong here
Lifecycle management deletes objects; it does not prevent deletion.
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Object holds
Why it's wrong here
Object holds can prevent deletion but are set per-object, not a bucket-wide policy.
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