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Which Google Cloud principal type is meant to authenticate workloads (e.g. a Compute Engine VM calling Cloud Storage) rather than humans?

AA Cloud NAT gateway
BAn Organization policy
CA Folder
DA Service Account
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. A Service Account
Service Accounts are non-human identities used by VMs, functions, and workloads to authenticate to Google Cloud APIs. Organization policies are governance rules, folders are hierarchy containers, Cloud NAT is networking — none represent workload identity.
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