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CASE STUDY: HealthData Inc
Overview:
Industry: Healthcare Analytics
Size: 1000 employees
Environment:
- Co-located data center
- Hadoop cluster
- SFTP servers
- 50 TB patient data
Requirements:
- ML models for diagnostics
- Secure data sharing portals
- Break data silos
Exec Statements:
- CEO: Need compute for ML.
- CRO: HIPAA compliance is top priority.
- CTO: Managed services needed to replace Hadoop.
Tech Reqs:
- Strict HIPAA compliance
- Automated PHI de-identification
- Comprehensive audit logging
- CMEK
- Network isolation (no public internet)
Constraints:
- US data sovereignty
- 7-year retention (immutable)
- Easy auditor access
QUESTION: To replace the on-premises Hadoop cluster with a managed service while minimizing migration effort, which GCP service should you recommend?
GCP PCA · Question 13 · Storage Systems
CASE STUDY: HealthData Inc
Overview:
Industry: Healthcare Analytics
Size: 1000 employees
Environment:
- Co-located data center
- Hadoop cluster
- SFTP servers
- 50 TB patient data
Requirements:
- ML models for diagnostics
- Secure data sharing portals
- Break data silos
Exec Statements:
- CEO: Need compute for ML.
- CRO: HIPAA compliance is top priority.
- CTO: Managed services needed to replace Hadoop.
Tech Reqs:
- Strict HIPAA compliance
- Automated PHI de-identification
- Comprehensive audit logging
- CMEK
- Network isolation (no public internet)
Constraints:
- US data sovereignty
- 7-year retention (immutable)
- Easy auditor access
QUESTION: To meet the 7-year immutable data retention requirement for patient records, how should you configure Cloud Storage?
CASE STUDY: HealthData Inc
Overview:
Industry: Healthcare Analytics
Size: 1000 employees
Environment:
- Co-located data center
- Hadoop cluster
- SFTP servers
- 50 TB patient data
Requirements:
- ML models for diagnostics
- Secure data sharing portals
- Break data silos
Exec Statements:
- CEO: Need compute for ML.
- CRO: HIPAA compliance is top priority.
- CTO: Managed services needed to replace Hadoop.
Tech Reqs:
- Strict HIPAA compliance
- Automated PHI de-identification
- Comprehensive audit logging
- CMEK
- Network isolation (no public internet)
Constraints:
- US data sovereignty
- 7-year retention (immutable)
- Easy auditor access
QUESTION: To meet the 7-year immutable data retention requirement for patient records, how should you configure Cloud Storage?
Answer options:
Enable Object Versioning and set a lifecycle rule to delete objects after 7 years.
Apply a Bucket Lock with a retention policy of 7 years.
Use Customer-Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK) and rotate the keys every 7 years.
Store the data in the Archive storage class.
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