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    PracticeGCP Professional Cloud ArchitectGCP Professional Cloud Architect Practice Exam 5Question 28
    Medium1 markMultiple Choice
    Subtask 3.1: Security DesignSecurityGKEWorkload IdentityIAM

    GCP PCA · Question 28 · Security Design

    An application running on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) needs to read data from a Cloud Storage bucket. What is the most secure way to grant the application access to the bucket?

    Answer options:

    A.

    Export a Service Account JSON key and store it as a Kubernetes Secret.

    B.

    Grant the required IAM roles to the Compute Engine default service account used by the GKE nodes.

    C.

    Enable Workload Identity on the GKE cluster and map a Kubernetes Service Account to a Google Cloud Service Account.

    D.

    Make the Cloud Storage bucket public.

    How to approach this question

    Identify the modern, keyless authentication method for GKE workloads.

    Full Answer

    C.Enable Workload Identity on the GKE cluster and map a Kubernetes Service Account to a Google Cloud Service Account.✓ Correct
    Workload Identity allows a Kubernetes Service Account (KSA) to act as a Google Service Account (GSA). Pods running as the KSA automatically authenticate as the GSA when accessing Google Cloud APIs. This eliminates the need to manage vulnerable JSON service account keys.

    Common mistakes

    Using node service accounts (B), which gives too much permission to all pods on the node.
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