Google Cloud Security: Managing Access to Data in Your Project

Who Has Access to View Data Stored in Your Google Cloud Project?

Question

You are performing a monthly security check of your Google Cloud environment and want to know who has access to view data stored in your Google Cloud Project.

What should you?

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A. B. C. D.

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https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/access

The correct answer to the question is B: Review the IAM permissions for any role that allows for data access.

Explanation:

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) offers a robust set of Identity and Access Management (IAM) features that allow users to control access to resources in their projects. IAM allows administrators to grant or revoke permissions to users, groups, and service accounts, thereby helping to ensure that data stored in GCP is secure.

To determine who has access to view data stored in your GCP project, you should review the IAM permissions for any role that allows for data access. Roles are collections of permissions that determine what actions a user can perform on resources. By reviewing the IAM permissions, you can identify the users, groups, and service accounts that have access to view data in your project.

To review the IAM permissions, you can follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to the IAM page in the GCP Console.
  2. Select your project from the drop-down menu at the top of the page.
  3. Review the roles that have permissions related to data access (such as the "Storage Object Viewer" role for Cloud Storage).
  4. For each role, review the members that are assigned to it to identify who has access to view data.

By reviewing the IAM permissions, you can ensure that only authorized users have access to view data stored in your GCP project. Additionally, it is important to regularly review IAM permissions to ensure that access remains appropriate and that permissions are not overly permissive.