Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer Question 351
Select 2Google Cloud PlatformYou are a Cloud Security Engineer for a company that stores sensitive data in Google Cloud Storage. Your compliance team mandates that objects older than 90 days must be archived to reduce costs, and objects older than 365 days must be deleted permanently. How should you configure the object lifecycle policy to meet these requirements?
- A
Set a lifecycle rule to transition objects to Coldline Storage after 90 days of creation.
- B
Set a lifecycle rule to transition objects to Archive Storage after 90 days of creation.
- C
Set a lifecycle rule to delete objects older than 365 days of creation.
- D
Set a lifecycle rule to delete objects older than 90 days of creation.
- E
Set a lifecycle rule to transition objects to Nearline Storage after 365 days of creation.
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Correct answers: B, C
Explanation
To meet the compliance and cost optimization requirements, you need to configure a lifecycle policy that transitions objects to Archive Storage after 90 days to reduce costs and deletes objects older than 365 days to comply with the retention policy. Archive Storage is the most cost-effective option for long-term storage, and deletion ensures data is permanently removed as required.
- A. Incorrect.
Incorrect: Transitioning to Coldline Storage does not meet the requirement to archive objects after 90 days; Archive Storage is more cost-effective for long-term data storage.
- B. Correct.
Correct: Transitioning objects to Archive Storage after 90 days meets the requirement to reduce costs for older data.
- C. Correct.
Correct: Deleting objects older than 365 days meets the compliance requirement to permanently remove data beyond its retention period.
- D. Incorrect.
Incorrect: Deleting objects after 90 days does not meet the requirement to retain data for at least 365 days.
- E. Incorrect.
Incorrect: Transitioning to Nearline Storage after 365 days does not align with the requirement to permanently delete objects older than 365 days.