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    PracticeGCP Professional Cloud ArchitectGCP Professional Cloud Architect Practice Exam 6Question 15
    Medium1 markMultiple Choice
    Subtask 4.1: Technical ProcessesLoggingAuditBigQueryCompliance
    This question is part of a case study — click to read the full scenario(Case 11)

    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?

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    GCP PCA · Question 15 · Technical Processes

    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 satisfy the requirement for 'easy auditor access' to comprehensive audit logs, how should you configure Cloud Logging?

    Answer options:

    A.

    Grant auditors the 'roles/logging.viewer' IAM role at the Organization level.

    B.

    Create a log sink to export all Admin Activity and Data Access logs to a dedicated BigQuery dataset.

    C.

    Export logs to a Pub/Sub topic and have auditors subscribe to the topic.

    D.

    Download logs manually as CSV files and email them to the auditors monthly.

    How to approach this question

    Identify the best GCP destination for long-term storage and complex querying of log data.

    Full Answer

    B.Create a log sink to export all Admin Activity and Data Access logs to a dedicated BigQuery dataset.✓ Correct
    Create a log sink to export all Admin Activity and Data Access logs to a dedicated BigQuery dataset.
    Cloud Audit Logs (Admin Activity and Data Access) should be routed via a Log Sink to BigQuery. BigQuery provides a highly scalable, SQL-compliant interface that makes it incredibly easy for auditors to search for specific access patterns or anomalies across years of data.

    Common mistakes

    Relying on the default Cloud Logging interface (A), which is not optimized for long-term retention or complex analytical queries required by auditors.
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