You manage your company's ecommerce platform's payment system, which runs on Google Cloud. Your company must retain user logs for 1 year for internal auditing purposes and for 3 years to meet complian

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Options

• AStore the logs in a Cloud Storage bucket with bucket lock turned on.
• BStore the logs in a Cloud Storage bucket with a 3-year retention period.
• CStore the logs in Cloud Logging as custom logs with a custom retention period.
• DStore the logs in a Cloud Storage bucket with a 1-year retention period. After 1 year, move the

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  10% (3)
• C
  71% (22)
• D
  16% (5)

Explanation

The correct answer is C: Store logs in Cloud Logging as custom logs with a custom retention period. Cloud Logging supports custom log buckets with configurable retention periods of up to 10 years (3650 days), which covers both the 1-year internal and 3-year compliance requirements in a single configuration. Crucially, Cloud Logging provides powerful, built-in log search and filtering capabilities (Log Explorer), making logs easily searchable with minimal effort. A Cloud Storage bucket with Bucket Lock (A) prevents deletion but does not differentiate the two retention windows and is not easily searchable. A Cloud Storage bucket with a 3-year retention period (B) satisfies compliance but Cloud Storage is not designed for easy log querying. A 1-year bucket with manual migration after 1 year (D) requires ongoing manual effort and operational overhead to manage the transition.

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