Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer exam dumps: questions 301 to 400 of 500

Correct answers: A, B, C, E

• A. Correct.

  Correct: Assigning IAM roles with the minimum required permissions ensures that users have only the necessary access to perform their tasks, following the principle of least privilege.

• B. Correct.

  Correct: Enabling Public Access Prevention on Cloud Storage buckets minimizes the risk of unauthorized access by ensuring that buckets cannot be publicly accessible.

• C. Correct.

  Correct: VPC Service Controls add an additional layer of security by creating service perimeters that restrict unauthorized data movement between services and external networks.

• D. Incorrect.

  Incorrect: Granting the 'roles/owner' IAM role provides excessive permissions, violating the principle of least privilege. This role should only be used sparingly for administrative purposes.

• E. Correct.

  Correct: Reviewing and removing unused service accounts is a best practice to reduce the attack surface and prevent unauthorized access to data services.

Correct answers: A, B, C

• A. Correct.

  This grants read-only access to the BigQuery dataset for the 'Data Analysts' group, which aligns with the requirement.

• B. Correct.

  This grants full control over the BigQuery dataset to the 'Data Engineers' group, which aligns with the requirement.

• C. Correct.

  Including 'allUsers' or 'allAuthenticatedUsers' in the IAM policy would make the dataset publicly accessible, violating the requirement.

• D. Incorrect.

  This role applies to Cloud Storage objects, not BigQuery datasets, so it is irrelevant to the scenario.

• E. Incorrect.

  While VPC Service Controls can help restrict access in a broader sense, the scenario specifically focuses on IAM role assignments and public access restrictions.

Correct answers: A, B, D

• A. Correct.

  Correct. Granting the 'roles/storage.objectViewer' role to the 'FinanceTeam' Google Group ensures that group members have read-only access to the bucket's objects, fulfilling the requirement of the security policy.

• B. Correct.

  Correct. Using a VPC Service Controls perimeter helps prevent unauthorized external access to the bucket, enhancing security compliance.

• C. Incorrect.

  Incorrect. Granting the 'roles/storage.admin' role would provide full administrative access, which violates the requirement of read-only access for the 'FinanceTeam'.

• D. Correct.

  Correct. Removing the 'allUsers' and 'allAuthenticatedUsers' members from the bucket's IAM policy ensures that no unauthorized external access is permitted, meeting part of the security requirement.

• E. Incorrect.

  Incorrect. While enabling Object Versioning can be useful for tracking changes, it does not address access restrictions or external access controls, which are the focus of this scenario.

Correct answers: A, B, D

• A. Correct.

  Correct: Assigning predefined roles such as 'roles/storage.objectViewer' or 'roles/bigquery.dataViewer' provides the least-privilege access required for users to access specific data services.

• B. Correct.

  Correct: VPC Service Controls help create a secure perimeter around your data services, preventing unauthorized access from outside the defined perimeter.

• C. Incorrect.

  Incorrect: While CMEK enhances encryption, sharing the key with all users does not restrict access and could lead to unauthorized access.

• D. Correct.

  Correct: IAM Conditions allow you to implement fine-grained access control, restricting access based on specific attributes like time, IP address, or resource name.

• E. Incorrect.

  Incorrect: Granting the 'roles/owner' role at the project level provides excessive permissions, violating the principle of least privilege.

Correct answers: B, C, D

• A. Incorrect.

  Granting the 'Secret Manager Admin' role is overly permissive and violates the principle of least privilege. This role allows not only access but also the ability to modify and delete secrets, which is unnecessary for the application.

• B. Correct.

  Using Secret Manager to store the API keys ensures the secrets are stored and encrypted securely at rest. Google-managed encryption keys are automatically used unless you specify a customer-managed encryption key (CMEK).

• C. Correct.

  Granting the 'Secret Manager Secret Accessor' role allows the application to read the secrets without providing unnecessary permissions. This adheres to the principle of least privilege.

• D. Correct.

  Enabling audit logging for Secret Manager is a best practice for tracking access and modifications to secrets, which helps in identifying and responding to unauthorized access attempts.

• E. Incorrect.

  Embedding API keys directly into the application’s code is a security anti-pattern as it increases the risk of accidental exposure and makes it harder to rotate credentials.