Predefined posture for secure AI, essentials

This page describes the preventative and detective policies that are included in the v1.0.0 version of the predefined posture for secure AI, essentials. This posture includes two policy sets:

A policy set that includes organization policies that apply to Vertex AI workloads.
A policy set that includes custom Security Health Analytics detectors that apply to Vertex AI workloads.

You can use this posture to configure a security posture that helps protect Gemini and Vertex AI resources. You can deploy this predefined posture without making any changes.

Policy	Description	Compliance standards
`ainotebooks.disableFileDownloads`	This constraint prevents the creation of Vertex AI Workbench instances with the file download option enabled. By default, the file download option can be enabled on any Vertex AI Workbench instance. The value is `true` to turn off file downloads on new Vertex AI Workbench instances.	NIST SP 800-53 control: AC-3(1)
`ainotebooks.disableRootAccess`	This constraint prevents newly created Vertex AI Workbench user-managed notebooks and instances from enabling root access. By default, Vertex AI Workbench user-managed notebooks and instances can have root access enabled. The value is `true` to disable root access on new Vertex AI Workbench user-managed notebooks and instances.	NIST SP 800-53 control: AC-3 and AC-6(2)
`ainotebooks.disableTerminal`	This constraint prevents the creation of Vertex AI Workbench instances with the terminal enabled. By default, the terminal can be enabled on Vertex AI Workbench instances. The value is `true` to disable the terminal on new Vertex AI Workbench instances.	NIST SP 800-53 control: AC-3, AC-6, and CM-2
`ainotebooks.requireAutoUpgradeSchedule`	This constraint requires that newly created Vertex AI Workbench user-managed notebooks and instances have an automatic upgrade schedule set. The value is `true` to require automatic scheduled upgrades on new Vertex AI Workbench user-managed notebooks and instances.	NIST SP 800-53 control: AU-9, CM-2, and CM-6
`ainotebooks.restrictPublicIp`	This constraint restricts public IP access to newly created Vertex AI Workbench notebooks and instances. By default, public IP addresses can access Vertex AI Workbench notebooks and instances. The value is `true` to restrict public IP access on new Vertex AI Workbench notebooks and instances.	NIST SP 800-53 control: AC-3, AC-4, and SC-7

Security Health Analytics detectors

The following table describes the custom modules for Security Health Analytics that are included in the predefined posture.

Detector name	Applicable resource	Description	Compliance standards
vertexAIDataSetCMEKDisabled	`aiplatform.googleapis.com/Dataset`	This detector checks whether any dataset isn't encrypted using a customer-managed encryption key (CMEK). To resolve this finding, verify that you created the key and key ring, set up permissions, and provided the key when you created your dataset. For instructions, see Configure CMEK for your resources	NIST SP 800-53 control: SC12 and SC13
vertexAIModelCMEKDisabled	`aiplatform.googleapis.com/Model`	This detector checks whether a model isn't encrypted using a CMEK. To resolve this finding, verify that you created the key and key ring, set up permissions, and provided the key when you created your model. For instructions, see Configure CMEK for your resources.	NIST SP 800-53 control: SC12 and SC13
vertexAIEndpointCMEKDisabled	`aiplatform.googleapis.com/Endpoint`	This detector checks whether an endpoint isn't encrypted using a CMEK. To resolve this finding, verify that you created the key and key ring, set up permissions, and provided the key when you created your endpoint. For instructions, see Configure CMEK for your resources.	NIST SP 800-53 control: SC12 and SC13
vertexAITrainingPipelineCMEKDisabled	`aiplatform.googleapis.com/TrainingPipeline`	This detector checks whether a training pipeline isn't encrypted using a CMEK. To resolve this finding, verify that you created the key and key ring, set up permissions, and provided the key when you created your training pipeline. For instructions, see Configure CMEK for your resources.	NIST SP 800-53 control: SC12 and SC13
vertexAIDataLabelingJobCMEKDisabled	`aiplatform.googleapis.com/DataLabelingJob`	This detector checks if a data label isn't encrypted using a CMEK. To resolve this finding, verify that you created the key and key ring, set up permissions, and provided the key when you created your data label. For instructions, see Configure CMEK for your resources.	NIST SP 800-53 control: SC12 and SC13
vertexAICustomJobCMEKDisabled	`aiplatform.googleapis.com/CustomJob`	This detector checks whether a job that runs a custom workload isn't encrypted using a CMEK. To resolve this finding, verify that you created the key and key ring, set up permissions, and provided the key when you created your custom job. For instructions, see Configure CMEK for your resources.	NIST SP 800-53 control: SC12 and SC13
vertexAIDataLabelingJobHyperparameterTuningJobCMEKDisabled	`aiplatform.googleapis.com/HyperparameterTuningJob`	This detector checks whether a hyperparameter tuning job isn't encrypted using a CMEK. To resolve this finding, verify that you created the key and key ring, set up permissions, and provided the key when you created your hyperparameter tuning job. For instructions, see Configure CMEK for your resources.	NIST SP 800-53 control: SC12 and SC13

View the posture template

To view the posture template for secure AI, essentials, do the following:

gcloud

Before using any of the command data below, make the following replacements:

ORGANIZATION_ID: the numeric ID of the organization

Execute the gcloud scc posture-templates describe command:

Linux, macOS, or Cloud Shell

gcloud scc posture-templates describe \
    organizations/ORGANIZATION_ID/locations/global/postureTemplates/secure_ai_essential

Windows (PowerShell)

gcloud scc posture-templates describe `
    organizations/ORGANIZATION_ID/locations/global/postureTemplates/secure_ai_essential

Windows (cmd.exe)

gcloud scc posture-templates describe ^
    organizations/ORGANIZATION_ID/locations/global/postureTemplates/secure_ai_essential

The response contains the posture template.

REST

Before using any of the request data, make the following replacements:

ORGANIZATION_ID: the numeric ID of the organization

HTTP method and URL:

GET https://securityposture.googleapis.com/v1/organizations/ORGANIZATION_ID/locations/global/postureTemplates/secure_ai_essential

To send your request, expand one of these options:

curl (Linux, macOS, or Cloud Shell)

Note: The following command assumes that you have logged in to the gcloud CLI with your user account by running gcloud init or gcloud auth login , or by using Cloud Shell, which automatically logs you into the gcloud CLI . You can check the currently active account by running gcloud auth list.

Execute the following command:

curl -X GET \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
     "https://securityposture.googleapis.com/v1/organizations/ORGANIZATION_ID/locations/global/postureTemplates/secure_ai_essential"

PowerShell (Windows)

Note: The following command assumes that you have logged in to the gcloud CLI with your user account by running gcloud init or gcloud auth login . You can check the currently active account by running gcloud auth list.

Execute the following command:

$cred = gcloud auth print-access-token
$headers = @{ "Authorization" = "Bearer $cred" }

Invoke-WebRequest `
    -Method GET `
    -Headers $headers `
    -Uri "https://securityposture.googleapis.com/v1/organizations/ORGANIZATION_ID/locations/global/postureTemplates/secure_ai_essential" | Select-Object -Expand Content

The response contains the posture template.

What's next

Create a security posture using this predefined posture.