Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer — Question 7

An organization adopts Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for application hosting services and needs guidance on setting up password requirements for their Cloud
Identity account. The organization has a password policy requirement that corporate employee passwords must have a minimum number of characters.
Which Cloud Identity password guidelines can the organization use to inform their new requirements?

Answer options

• A. Set the minimum length for passwords to be 8 characters.
• B. Set the minimum length for passwords to be 10 characters.
• C. Set the minimum length for passwords to be 12 characters.
• D. Set the minimum length for passwords to be 6 characters.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because Cloud Identity's guidelines state that the minimum password length can be set to 8 characters, which aligns with the organization's requirements. Options B and C suggest higher minimum lengths than necessary, while option D suggests a length that is too short to meet security best practices.