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PROFESSIONAL-CLOUD-SECURITY-ENGINEER · Question #242

Your company recently published a security policy to minimize the usage of service account keys. On-premises Windows-based applications are interacting with Google Cloud APIs. You need to implement…

The correct answer is A. Set up a workload identity pool with your corporate Active Directory Federation Service (ADFS). Workload Identity Pool: Using your corporate ADFS for identity federation is a common and secure way to manage identities and access to Google Cloud resources. Configure a Rule: Configuring a rule in the workload identity pool allows you to specify which principals (users or…

Submitted by salim_om· Apr 18, 2026Configuring access within a cloud solution environment

Question

Your company recently published a security policy to minimize the usage of service account keys. On-premises Windows-based applications are interacting with Google Cloud APIs. You need to implement Workload Identity Federation (WIF) with your identity provider on-premises. What should you do?

Options

  • ASet up a workload identity pool with your corporate Active Directory Federation Service (ADFS).
  • BSet up a workload identity pool with your corporate Active Directory Federation Service (ADFS).
  • CSet up a workload identity pool with an OpenID Connect (OIDC) service on the same machine.
  • DSet up a workload identity pool with an OpenID Connect (OIDC) service on the same machine.

How the community answered

(24 responses)
  • A
    83% (20)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    8% (2)
  • D
    4% (1)

Explanation

Workload Identity Pool: Using your corporate ADFS for identity federation is a common and secure way to manage identities and access to Google Cloud resources. Configure a Rule: Configuring a rule in the workload identity pool allows you to specify which principals (users or entities) in your corporate ADFS can impersonate the Google Cloud service account. This approach adheres to the principle of least privilege by allowing only specific users or entities to impersonate the service account.

Topics

#Workload Identity Federation#Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)#IAM#Hybrid identity

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