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Cloud Computing · Intermediate

Cloud Audit Logs

Google Cloud logs recording administrative actions and data access for each project, folder and organization.

Definition

Audit log types are Admin Activity (always enabled, no charge), Data Access (disabled by default except for BigQuery, can be high volume), System Event and Policy Denied. Logs are retained in buckets and can be routed with sinks, including aggregated organization-level sinks, to Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Pub/Sub or other projects.

Example

An aggregated sink exports all Admin Activity logs in the organization to a locked Cloud Storage bucket for seven years.

Exam tip

Data Access logs must be explicitly enabled for most services; Admin Activity logs cannot be disabled.

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