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GCP PCA · Question 38 · Manage implementation and optimize costs

Your company requires that all data stored in Cloud Storage be encrypted using keys managed by your security team. The security team wants to automatically rotate the keys every 90 days. Which encryption method should you use?

Answer options:

A.

Google-Managed Encryption Keys.

B.

Customer-Supplied Encryption Keys (CSEK).

C.

Customer-Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK) using Cloud KMS.

D.

Client-side encryption.

How to approach this question

Differentiate between Google-managed, Customer-managed (CMEK), and Customer-supplied (CSEK) keys.

Full Answer

C.Customer-Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK) using Cloud KMS.✓ Correct
Customer-Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK) using Cloud KMS.
Customer-Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK) via Cloud KMS is the standard solution when a company needs control over key management (rotation, disabling, auditing) but wants GCP services (like Cloud Storage) to handle the actual encryption/decryption process seamlessly. Cloud KMS supports automatic key rotation.

Common mistakes

Confusing CMEK (keys live in GCP KMS) with CSEK (keys live on-prem and are sent with every API request).

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