You are asked to recommend a solution to store and retrieve sensitive configuration data from an application that runs on Compute Engine. Which option should you recommend?

The correct answer is D. Secret Manager. Secret Manager is a secure and convenient storage system for API keys, passwords, certificates, and other sensitive data. Secret Manager provides a central place and single source of truth to manage, access, and audit secrets across Google Cloud…

Submitted by naveen.iyer· Apr 18, 2026Ensuring data protection

Question

You are asked to recommend a solution to store and retrieve sensitive configuration data from an application that runs on Compute Engine. Which option should you recommend?

Options

ACloud Key Management Service
BCompute Engine guest attributes
CCompute Engine custom metadata
DSecret Manager

How the community answered

(34 responses)

A
3% (1)
C
6% (2)
D
91% (31)

Explanation

Secret Manager is a secure and convenient storage system for API keys, passwords, certificates, and other sensitive data. Secret Manager provides a central place and single source of truth to manage, access, and audit secrets across Google Cloud. https://cloud.google.com/secret-manager

Topics

#Secrets management#Sensitive data storage#Compute Engine#Data protection

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