Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer Question 385
Select 4Google Cloud PlatformYou are tasked with improving the security posture of your organization's Google Cloud environment by automating infrastructure and application security. Which actions should you implement to achieve this goal?
- A
Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to manage cloud resources and apply security configurations consistently.
- B
Use Google Cloud Deployment Manager or Terraform to enforce security policies during resource provisioning.
- C
Manually review every cloud resource for misconfigurations and apply fixes as you find them.
- D
Integrate security scanning tools, such as Cloud Security Scanner, into the CI/CD pipeline to identify vulnerabilities early.
- E
Enable auto-remediation workflows to automatically resolve identified security issues, such as misconfigured IAM roles.
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Correct answers: A, B, D, E
Explanation
To automate infrastructure and application security in Google Cloud, it is crucial to leverage tools and practices that ensure consistency, scalability, and early detection of vulnerabilities. IaC, automated policy enforcement, CI/CD pipeline integrations, and auto-remediation workflows are effective strategies to achieve these goals. Manual processes should be minimized to avoid delays and human errors.
- A. Correct.
Implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) helps ensure consistent security configurations and prevents human errors during resource provisioning.
- B. Correct.
Using tools like Deployment Manager or Terraform allows you to define security policies as part of the resource provisioning process, ensuring compliance from the beginning.
- C. Incorrect.
Manually reviewing resources for misconfigurations is time-consuming, error-prone, and not scalable. Automation is preferred for efficient security management.
- D. Correct.
Integrating security scanning tools into the CI/CD pipeline helps identify and address vulnerabilities early in the development process, reducing the risk of deploying insecure applications.
- E. Correct.
Auto-remediation workflows enable your environment to respond quickly to identified security issues, reducing the time resources remain vulnerable.