Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer Question 493
Select 3Google Cloud PlatformYour organization processes sensitive healthcare data and needs to ensure compliance with HIPAA regulations in your Google Cloud environment. Which steps should you take to determine the scope of your Google Cloud environment for HIPAA compliance?
- A
Identify all Google Cloud projects storing or processing healthcare data and mark them as in-scope for HIPAA compliance.
- B
Verify that all services used in your projects are covered under the Google Cloud Business Associate Agreement (BAA).
- C
Encrypt all data at rest and in transit, regardless of its classification, to comply with HIPAA regulations.
- D
Review and classify the data stored in Google Cloud to identify Protected Health Information (PHI).
- E
Enable Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP) for all applications in your Google Cloud environment.
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Correct answers: A, B, D
Explanation
To determine the Google Cloud environment in scope for HIPAA compliance, you must identify all projects handling healthcare data, ensure that only services covered under the BAA are used, and classify data to identify PHI. These steps help define the environment subject to compliance requirements. While encryption and security measures like IAP are important, they are implementation details rather than steps to determine the environment's scope.
- A. Correct.
Correct. Identifying Google Cloud projects that process or store healthcare data is a critical step in determining the environment in scope for HIPAA compliance.
- B. Correct.
Correct. Only Google Cloud services covered under the BAA can be used for HIPAA compliance, so you must verify this for all services in use.
- C. Incorrect.
Incorrect. While encryption is an important security measure, it is not directly related to determining the scope of your Google Cloud environment for HIPAA compliance.
- D. Correct.
Correct. Reviewing and classifying data to identify PHI is essential to determine which parts of your environment are in scope for HIPAA compliance.
- E. Incorrect.
Incorrect. While enabling Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP) is a good security practice, it is not specifically required for determining the scope of your environment for HIPAA compliance.