Professional Cloud Security Engineer

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hotword rules

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Also called: hotword inspection rule, hotword rule, HotwordRule

Inspection rules that adjust the likelihood of finding sensitive data based on proximity to matching tokens or regex patterns.

Where this appears on the exam

1 subdomain in 1 of 5 domains

Domain 3
Ensuring data protection
~23% of exam
1. 3.1Protecting sensitive data and preventing data loss
  - Configuring Sensitive Data Protection (SDP) (e.g., discovering and redacting personally identifiable information (PII), configuring pseudonymization and format preserving encryption).

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Last updated October 23, 2026

Professional Cloud Security Engineer

Secure Google Cloud workloads end to end, from identity and network boundaries to data protection and compliance, and track your readiness for the Professional Cloud Security Engineer exam.

Advanced

Prepare and test your skills

Advanced

Prepare and test your skills

Google Cloud feature

hotword rules

Topic in 1 exam domain

X LinkedIn Facebook Reddit

Also called: hotword inspection rule, hotword rule, HotwordRule

Inspection rules that adjust the likelihood of finding sensitive data based on proximity to matching tokens or regex patterns.

Where this appears on the exam

1 subdomain in 1 of 5 domains

Domain 3
Ensuring data protection
~23% of exam
1. 3.1Protecting sensitive data and preventing data loss
  - Configuring Sensitive Data Protection (SDP) (e.g., discovering and redacting personally identifiable information (PII), configuring pseudonymization and format preserving encryption).

How learners score on this topic

Last updated October 23, 2026

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