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    PracticeGCP Professional Cloud ArchitectGCP Professional Cloud Architect Practice Exam 6Question 27
    Hard1 markMultiple Choice
    Subtask 3.1: Security DesignSecurityEncryptionCSEKCompliance

    GCP PCA · Question 27 · Security Design

    A healthcare company requires that all data stored in Cloud Storage must be encrypted using cryptographic keys that the company generates, stores, and manages entirely on their own on-premises Hardware Security Modules (HSMs). Google must not have access to the key material. Which encryption strategy must be used?

    Answer options:

    A.

    Google-Managed Encryption Keys (GMEK)

    B.

    Customer-Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK) via Cloud KMS

    C.

    Customer-Supplied Encryption Keys (CSEK)

    D.

    Cloud External Key Manager (EKM)

    How to approach this question

    Differentiate between CMEK (keys in KMS) and CSEK (keys provided in the API call and not stored by Google).

    Full Answer

    C.Customer-Supplied Encryption Keys (CSEK)✓ Correct
    Customer-Supplied Encryption Keys (CSEK) allow you to provide your own raw encryption key. Cloud Storage uses your key to encrypt the data and then purges the key from its servers. You must provide the exact same key to read the data later.

    Common mistakes

    Confusing CMEK (Customer-Managed) with CSEK (Customer-Supplied). CMEK uses Cloud KMS; CSEK does not.
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