Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer Practice Exam

Which Security Command Center feature should be enabled to configure alerts for potential crypto mining and common Google Cloud misconfigurations impacting security?

1. Event Threat Detection

2. Security Audit Logging

3. Data Loss Prevention

4. Security Health Analytics

The correct answer is: Security Health Analytics

Enabling Security Health Analytics is the appropriate choice for configuring alerts related to potential crypto mining activities and common Google Cloud misconfigurations that could impact security. This feature is specifically designed to assess and provide insights into the security posture of your Google Cloud resources. It identifies vulnerabilities and configuration issues by continuously monitoring your environment against established best practices and policies. Security Health Analytics can detect configurations that may lead to undesirable security outcomes, such as buckets that are publicly accessible or instances that could potentially be infected with crypto-mining malware. By utilizing this feature, you can receive alerts when such issues are identified, allowing for timely remediation to reinforce your cloud environment’s security. On the other hand, other features like Event Threat Detection focus on detecting and responding to actual security incidents rather than proactive vulnerability assessments. Security Audit Logging provides information on who accessed or modified resources, which is crucial for auditing but does not provide alerts on potential misconfigurations. Data Loss Prevention is aimed at identifying and protecting sensitive data but does not cover the broader scope of security misconfigurations or crypto mining activities. Therefore, Security Health Analytics is the best fit for the objective of configuring alerts related to potential security issues and misconfigurations.