Professional-Cloud-Security-Engineer Exam Dumps - Google Cloud Certified - Professional Cloud Security Engineer

To configure the behavior where each department member automatically has read-only access to all new project resources created by any department member, you should use Google Cloud's folder structure and IAM roles effectively. Here are the steps:

Create Folders for Departments: Create a folder under your Organization for each department. Folders help organize resources and provide a hierarchy for applying policies and permissions.

Assign IAM Roles to Google Groups: Assign the Project Viewer role to the Google Group associated with each department at the folder level. This ensures that all members of the group have the necessary permissions.

Inherited Permissions: When a department member creates a new project under their department's folder, the permissions assigned to the folder are inherited by the new project. Thus, all department members will automatically have read-only access to the project's resources.

Navigate to IAM & Admin in the GCP Console.

Select "Folders" from the left-hand menu.

For each department, create a new folder under the organization.

Select the newly created folder, and then go to the "Permissions" tab.

Click on "Add" to assign a new role.

Enter the email address of the Google Group for the department.

Assign the "Project Viewer" role to the group.

Access Restrictions: Since the permissions are applied at the folder level, only the members of the specific department's Google Group will have read-only access to the projects created in that folder. Other departments will not have access unless explicitly granted.

By following these steps, you ensure that department members have the required access to their respective projects without manual configuration for each new project.

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The problem requires a publicly accessible Cloud Run service with HTTPS, TLS termination at the edge, threat mitigation, and geo-based access restrictions.

External HTTP(S) Load Balancer: This is the standard Google Cloud component for exposing public-facing web applications, providing a single global IP address, global load balancing, and crucially, TLS termination at the edge of Google's network.

Serverless Network Endpoint Group (NEG): A serverless NEG connects an HTTP(S) Load Balancer to a Cloud Run service (or other serverless backends like Cloud Functions or App Engine), allowing the load balancer to route traffic to the serverless application.Extract Reference: "You can use an external HTTP(S) Load Balancer with a serverless network endpoint group (NEG) to integrate Cloud Run services with advanced load balancing features, such as Cloud CDN, Google Cloud Armor, and Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy." (Google Cloud Documentation: "Connect a Cloud Run service to an HTTP(S) Load Balancer | Cloud Run Documentation" - https://cloud.google.com/run/docs/integrating/load-balancers)

Google-Managed Certificate for TLS Termination: Using Google-managed SSL certificates simplifies the management of HTTPS, as Google handles the provisioning, renewal, and deployment of certificates. The external HTTP(S) Load Balancer terminates TLS using these certificates.Extract Reference: "Google-managed SSL certificates let you use Google Cloud's globally distributed infrastructure to automatically provision and renew your certificates." (Google Cloud Documentation: "Google-managed SSL certificates overview | Load Balancing" - https://cloud.google.com/load-balancing/docs/ssl-certificates/google-managed-certs)

Cloud Armor for Threat Mitigation and Geo-Based Access Control: Cloud Armor is a Web Application Firewall (WAF) service that integrates with HTTP(S) Load Balancers. It provides DDoS protection, allows custom rules for threat mitigation (e.g., SQL injection, XSS), and supports geo-based access control rules to allow or deny traffic based on the source's geographic region.Extract Reference: "Google Cloud Armor helps protect your Google Cloud deployments from various threats, including Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and application attacks such as cross-site scripting (XSS) and SQL injection (SQLi)." and "Google Cloud Armor supports geo-based access control, allowing you to filter requests based on geographic region." (Google Cloud Documentation: "Google Cloud Armor overview" - https://cloud.google.com/armor/docs/overview)

Let's evaluate the other options:

A. IAP for authentication and IP-based access control + custom SSL certs: IAP is primarily an authentication layer for users/identities, not a WAF for threat mitigation or geo-blocking for a publicly accessible service before any authentication takes place. While it can apply IP-based access, it's typically for post-authentication controls.

B. Assign custom domain, enable HTTPS, allUsers IAM, firewall rules & VPC SC: While Cloud Run supports custom domains and HTTPS, and allUsers makes it public, direct Cloud Run services do not leverage traditional VPC firewall rules for public ingress. VPC Service Controls are for API access and data exfiltration, not for WAF or geo-blocking of public web traffic.

D. Cloud DNS public zone, static IP, VPC firewall rules, threat signatures: Cloud Run services are managed and do not typically expose a static IP address that can be directly associated with VPC firewall rules for public traffic. VPC firewall rules apply to VMs within a VPC, not to the managed global infrastructure of Cloud Run's public endpoints.

Therefore, deploying an external HTTP(S) Load Balancer with a serverless NEG and integrating it with Google-managed certificates and Cloud Armor is the most comprehensive and Google-recommended solution for meeting all the specified security requirements for a publicly accessible Cloud Run application.

Comprehensive and Detailed Explanation From Exact Extract:

The goal is to deploy 2SV with a phased rollout to control the number of individuals affected at once, minimizing disruption, and keeping management simple.

While OU structure can be used, managing policy exceptions based on Configuration Groups is the recommended and less complex way to handle phased rollouts of security settings like 2SV in Google's Admin console.

Extracts:

"When rolling out 2SV, it is highly recommended to use a phased deployment approach to manage the impact on user access and support resources." (Source 2.1)

"You can use configuration groups to select a subset of users within an OU structure and apply specific settings, such as 2SV enforcement, to them. This allows for a gradual, controlled rollout without needing to alter your primary organizational unit structure." (Source 2.2)

Groups allow you to easily add/remove users from the enforcement scope without moving their identity within the OU hierarchy (Option A), which keeps management complexity low. Options C and D do not allow for the necessary phased control of enforcement.

Pseudonymization is a de-identification technique that replaces sensitive data values with cryptographically generated tokens. Pseudonymization is widely used in industries like finance and healthcare to help reduce the risk of data in use, narrow compliance scope, and minimize the exposure of sensitive data to systems while preserving data utility and accuracy.

https://cloud.google.com/dlp/docs/pseudonymization

The problem requires restricting the types of Google Cloud services that can be deployed within specific folders to enforce compliance, without affecting other parts of the resource hierarchy, using the most efficient and simple method.

Organization Policies: Organization policies allow you to define centralized, programmatic controls over your Google Cloud resources. They apply hierarchically, meaning a policy set on a folder applies to all projects and resources within that folder and its descendants.

Restrict Resource Service Usage Constraint: This specific organization policy constraint is designed precisely for controlling which Google Cloud services can be used (and thus deployed/created resources for) within a given part of the resource hierarchy. It supports both allowlists and denylists of service API identifiers.

Extract Reference: "The Restrict Resource Service Usage constraint controls the runtime access to all in-scope resources." and "This constraint can be used in two mutually exclusive ways: Denylist - resources of any service that isn't denied are allowed. Allowlist - resources of any service that isn't allowed are denied." (Google Cloud Documentation: "Restricting resource usage | Resource Manager Documentation" - https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/organization-policy/restricting-resources)

Folder-Level Application: Applying this organization policy at the folder level directly meets the requirement of applying restrictions "only to the designated folders without affecting other parts of the resource hierarchy." This is more efficient and simpler than applying a global policy with numerous exceptions.

Let's evaluate the other options:

B. Implement IAM conditions on service account creation within each folder: IAM conditions control permissions for who can do what. While they can be used for very fine-grained access control, they are not designed to restrict the types of services that can be deployed directly. Controlling service account creation doesn't prevent a user with appropriate permissions from deploying other resources.

C. Create a global organization policy... and apply exceptions: While technically possible, this is less efficient and simple if the goal is to only restrict specific folders. Managing exceptions for the entire rest of the organization would be more complex than simply applying the policy directly where it's needed.

D. Configure VPC Service Controls perimeters around each folder: VPC Service Controls primarily prevent data exfiltration and restrict API access at a network perimeter level. They are not designed to restrict which types of Google Cloud services can be deployed within a project or folder; rather, they control how allowed services interact with each other and with external endpoints.

Therefore, creating an organization policy with the "Restrict Resource Service Usage" constraint at the folder level is the most efficient, simple, and direct method to achieve the stated goal.

To maintain proper security policies across numerous Google Cloud environments, especially with a large developer base and a small security team, it's crucial to implement automated and scalable security measures.​

Option A: While applying AI-recommended security posture templates can be beneficial, as of now, there isn't a specific predefined template for Gemini in Vertex AI within the Security Command Center.​

Option B: Publishing internal policies and guidelines is essential for promoting secure development practices but may not be sufficient alone to enforce or detect security policies.​

Option C: Implementing the principle of least privilege through Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles minimizes the risk of misconfigurations and unauthorized access by ensuring users have only the permissions necessary for their tasks.​

Option D: Applying organization policy constraints enforces specific configurations and restrictions across projects. Utilizing Security Health Analytics helps in detecting and monitoring deviations from these policies, providing automated insights into potential security issues.​

Option E: Using Cloud Logging to detect misconfigurations and triggering Cloud Run functions for remediation introduces complexity and may require significant maintenance, making it less practical for a small security team.​

Therefore, Options C and D are the most effective strategies. They provide automated enforcement and monitoring of security policies, aligning with the need for scalable solutions given the organization's size and resources.​

Google Cloud customers with additional requirements for encryption of data over WAN can choose to implement further protections for data as it moves from a user to an application, or virtual machine to virtual machine. These protections include IPSec tunnels, Gmail S/MIME, managed SSL certificates, and Istio. https://cloud.google.com/docs/security/encryption-in-transit

To manage consumer user accounts created using the corporate domain name, you can use the transfer tool for unmanaged user accounts provided by Google Cloud Identity. Here’s how you can proceed:

Identify Unmanaged Accounts:

Use the Cloud Identity interface to identify consumer (unmanaged) accounts that exist with your corporate domain.

Initiate Transfer Process:

Use the transfer tool for unmanaged user accounts to initiate the transfer. This tool helps in converting unmanaged accounts (consumer accounts) into managed accounts.

User Notification:

Users with unmanaged accounts will receive an email notification prompting them to accept the transfer to the organization’s managed account system.

Accept Transfer:

Users need to follow the instructions in the email to accept the transfer. Once accepted, their accounts will be managed under your organization’s Cloud Identity setup.

Benefits:

Centralized Management: All user accounts under your corporate domain are managed centrally, ensuring compliance and security.

Enhanced Security: Managed accounts provide better control over security policies and access management.

References

Transfer tool for unmanaged users

Cloud Identity Documentation