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PROFESSIONAL-SECURITY-OPERATIONS-ENGINEER · Question #118

You work at a financial services company. You need to detect in near real-time when a Cloud Run functions service agent modifies the IAM policy of an Artifact Registry repository. You plan to use…

The correct answer is C. Use Event Threat Detection in SCC with a custom unexpected Cloud API call rule that detects. The Google-recommended approach is to use Event Threat Detection (ETD) in Security Command Center (SCC) and configure a custom rule for unexpected Cloud API calls. This allows you to detect in near real-time when a specified principal (such as the Cloud Run functions service…

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Question

You work at a financial services company. You need to detect in near real-time when a Cloud Run functions service agent modifies the IAM policy of an Artifact Registry repository. You plan to use Security Command Center (SCC). You want to follow the Google-recommended approach. What should you do?

Options

  • ACreate a custom Security Health Analytics (SHA) detector that scans Artifact Registry repositories
  • BConfigure a Cloud Logging log sink to export all IAM policy changes to BigQuery, and create a
  • CUse Event Threat Detection in SCC with a custom unexpected Cloud API call rule that detects
  • DImplement a Cloud Run function that is triggered by IAM policy changes within the project and

How the community answered

(51 responses)
  • A
    8% (4)
  • B
    10% (5)
  • C
    78% (40)
  • D
    4% (2)

Explanation

The Google-recommended approach is to use Event Threat Detection (ETD) in Security Command Center (SCC) and configure a custom rule for unexpected Cloud API calls. This allows you to detect in near real-time when a specified principal (such as the Cloud Run functions service agent) modifies the IAM policy of an Artifact Registry repository, providing rapid and actionable alerts for this sensitive action.

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#Event Threat Detection#Security Command Center#IAM policy changes#Artifact Registry

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