Correct Answer: Customer-Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK)
With CMEK, you control the key in Cloud KMS. Disabling or deleting the key immediately renders all data encrypted with that key unreadable....
Correct Answer
Customer-Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK)
Why This Answer Is Correct
With CMEK, you control the key in Cloud KMS. Disabling or deleting the key immediately renders all data encrypted with that key unreadable.
This question evaluates your knowledge of Cloud Key Management Service — a core concept tested in Professional Cloud Architect. Understanding Cloud Key Management Service is essential for designing scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures. Mastery of this topic will help you answer scenario-based questions confidently on exam day.
Company policy requires that all database encryption keys be managed centrally and rotated annually. You need a secure, durable service to store and manage these cryptographic keys. Which service should you use?
You are designing a solution for a healthcare provider that needs to store petabytes of patient data. The data must be encrypted with keys managed by the provider on their own hardware security modules (HSM) on-premises. Which encryption method should you use?
An organization wants to centralize the management of secrets (API keys, certificates, passwords) and audit every time a secret is accessed. Which service provides this with native IAM integration?
An enterprise wants to enforce a security policy that requires all data at rest in BigQuery to be encrypted using keys that they rotate and manage on-premises. Which Cloud KMS feature enables this?
A global company needs a centralized place to store and manage their API keys, database passwords, and OAuth client secrets while ensuring that different projects' secrets are isolated. Which service is appropriate?