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CLOUD-DIGITAL-LEADER · Question #343

Your company security team manages access control to production systems using an LDAP directory group. How is this access control managed in the Google Cloud production project?

The correct answer is C. Assign the proper role to the Google Group in the project's IAM Policy.. Google Cloud IAM supports assigning roles directly to Google Groups. Using Google Cloud Directory Sync (GCDS), an on-premises LDAP directory group can be synchronized to a Google Group. Assigning the appropriate IAM role to that Google Group in the project's IAM policy means acce

Identity and Access Management

Question

Your company security team manages access control to production systems using an LDAP directory group. How is this access control managed in the Google Cloud production project?

Options

  • AAssign the proper role to the Service Account in the project's IAM Policy
  • BGrant each user the roles/iam.serviceAccountUser role on a service account that exists in the
  • CAssign the proper role to the Google Group in the project's IAM Policy.
  • DCreate the project in a folder with the same name as the LDAP directory group.

How the community answered

(25 responses)
  • A
    4% (1)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    92% (23)

Explanation

Google Cloud IAM supports assigning roles directly to Google Groups. Using Google Cloud Directory Sync (GCDS), an on-premises LDAP directory group can be synchronized to a Google Group. Assigning the appropriate IAM role to that Google Group in the project's IAM policy means access is controlled centrally via the LDAP group - when a user is added or removed from the LDAP group, their Google Cloud access updates automatically. Option A (Service Account) and Option B (serviceAccountUser role) are for non-human workload identities, not human user group access. Option D (creating a folder) does not control access.

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#IAM#Google Groups#Identity Federation#Access Control

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