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PROFESSIONAL-CLOUD-SECURITY-ENGINEER · Question #274

Your organization has applications that run in multiple clouds. The applications require access to a Google Cloud resource running in your project. You must use short-lived access credentials to…

The correct answer is C. Create a workload identity pool with a workload identity provider for each external cloud. Set up a. Short-lived access credentials: Workload Identity Federation (WIF) allows you to issue short-lived access tokens to external applications, reducing the risk of credential theft and misuse. Multiple clouds: You can create a workload identity pool for each external cloud…

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

Question

Your organization has applications that run in multiple clouds. The applications require access to a Google Cloud resource running in your project. You must use short-lived access credentials to maintain security across the clouds. What should you do?

Options

  • ACreate a managed workload identity. Bind an attested identity to the Compute Engine workload.
  • BCreate a service account key. Download the key to each application that requires access to the
  • CCreate a workload identity pool with a workload identity provider for each external cloud. Set up a
  • DCreate a VPC firewall rule for ingress traffic with an allowlist of the IP ranges of the external cloud

How the community answered

(46 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    11% (5)
  • C
    83% (38)
  • D
    4% (2)

Explanation

Short-lived access credentials: Workload Identity Federation (WIF) allows you to issue short-lived access tokens to external applications, reducing the risk of credential theft and misuse. Multiple clouds: You can create a workload identity pool for each external cloud, allowing applications from different environments to access your Google Cloud resources securely. Centralized management: WIF provides a centralized way to manage access to your Google Cloud resources, simplifying administration and improving security. Impersonation: By setting up a service account and adding an IAM binding for impersonation, you can allow external applications to act as the service account, granting them the necessary permissions to access your Google Cloud resources.

Topics

#Workload Identity Federation#Cross-cloud authentication#Short-lived credentials#Identity and Access Management

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