In the context of Google Cloud's layered security model, an IT team wants to be clear about the difference between authentication, authorization, and auditing. Which activity is an example of authorization rather than authentication or auditing?
Turning on Cloud Audit Logs to record administrative read operations in a project.
Enforcing two-step verification (2SV) for all users accessing Google Cloud resources.
Prompting a user for their Google password when they sign in to the Cloud Console.
Granting the Storage Admin IAM role to a service account so it can create buckets.
Authorization is the process of granting or denying specific permissions to an already authenticated identity. Assigning the Storage Admin role to a service account defines what that identity can do-create, delete, or modify Cloud Storage resources-making it an authorization action.
Verifying a user's password or requiring two-step verification are authentication measures because they establish who the user is. Enabling Cloud Audit Logs captures records of actions taken and is therefore an auditing function, not authorization.
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