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PROFESSIONAL-CLOUD-SECURITY-ENGINEER · Question #363
You manage the security logs within your cloud environment. You have configured a continuous export of security logs to Cloud Storage buckets for long-term retention. You need to provide auditors…
The correct answer is B. Use the data in the Cloud Storage bucket as an external table in BigQuery. Provide the auditors. BigQuery external tables allow you to query log files in Cloud Storage without loading or duplicating the data, enabling fast, cost-effective analysis and easy auditor access.
Submitted by salim_om· Apr 18, 2026Ensuring compliance
Question
You manage the security logs within your cloud environment. You have configured a continuous export of security logs to Cloud Storage buckets for long-term retention. You need to provide auditors the ability to analyze the logs that were exported to Cloud Storage. Your solution must be cost-effective and quickly implemented. What should you do?
Options
- AUse a VM instance to download the data from Cloud Storage. Provide the auditors access to the
- BUse the data in the Cloud Storage bucket as an external table in BigQuery. Provide the auditors
- CUse Dataflow to import the data from Cloud Storage into Elasticsearch. Provide the auditors with
- DUse a Cloud Run job to import the log data from Cloud Storage to Cloud Logging. Provide the
How the community answered
(23 responses)- A9% (2)
- B83% (19)
- C4% (1)
- D4% (1)
Explanation
BigQuery external tables allow you to query log files in Cloud Storage without loading or duplicating the data, enabling fast, cost-effective analysis and easy auditor access.
Topics
#Log analysis#BigQuery external tables#Cloud Storage#Compliance auditing
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