Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer — Question 136

Your organization uses Google Workspace Enterprise Edition for authentication. You are concerned about employees leaving their laptops unattended for extended periods of time after authenticating into Google Cloud. You must prevent malicious people from using an employee's unattended laptop to modify their environment.

What should you do?

Answer options

• A. Create a policy that requires employees to not leave their sessions open for long durations.
• B. Review and disable unnecessary Google Cloud APIs.
• C. Require strong passwords and 2SV through a security token or Google authenticator.
• D. Set the session length timeout for Google Cloud services to a shorter duration.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D, as setting a shorter session length timeout minimizes the window of opportunity for unauthorized access on an unattended laptop. Option A relies on employee compliance, which may not be effective. Option B focuses on API management rather than session security, and option C, while important for security, does not address the issue of unattended sessions directly.