Agents and application controls

This document includes the best practices and guidelines for agents and applications when running workloads on Google Cloud.

Configure vulnerability scanning for artifacts

Google control ID
AR-CO-6.2
Implementation
Required
Description

Use Artifact Analysis or another tool to scan for vulnerabilities in images and packages within Artifact Registry.

If you use a third-party scanning tool, you must deploy these tools correctly to scan Artifact Registry for vulnerabilities in images and packages.

Applicable products
  • Artifact Registry
  • Artifact Analysis
Path
serviceusage.getservice
Operator
=
Value
  • containerscanning.googleapis.com
Related NIST-800-53 controls
  • RA-5
  • SI-5
  • SA-5
  • SR-8
  • CA-7
Related CRI profile controls
  • ID-RA-1.1
  • ID-RA-1.2
  • ID-RA-3.1
  • ID-RA-3.2
  • ID-RA-3.3
  • PR.IP-7.1
  • PR.IP-8.1
  • PR.IP-12.1
  • PR.IP-12.2
  • PR.IP-12.3
  • PR.IP-12.4
  • DE.CM-8.1
  • DE.CM-8.2
  • DE.DP-4.1
  • DE-DP-4.2
  • DE-DP-5.1
  • RS.CO-3.1
  • RS.CO-3.2
  • RS.CO-5.2
  • RS.CO-5.3
  • RS.AN-5.1
  • RS.AN-5.2
  • RS-AN-5.3
  • RS.MI-3.1
  • RS-MI-3.2

Define permitted private pools

Google control ID
CBD-CO-6.1
Implementation
Required
Description

The cloudbuild.allowedWorkerPools list constraint lets you define the permitted private pools that you can use within your organization, folder, or project.

Use one of the following formats to define an allowed or denied list of Worker Pools:

  • under:organizations/ORGANIZATION_ID
  • under:folders/FOLDER_ID
  • under:projects/PROJECT_ID
  • projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/REGION/workerPools/WORKER_POOL_ID
Applicable products
  • Organization Policy Service
  • Cloud Build
Path
constraints/cloudbuild.allowedWorkerPools
Operator
=
Type
String
Related NIST-800-53 controls
  • AC-3
  • AC-5
  • AC-6
  • AC-12
  • AC-17
  • AC-20
Related CRI profile controls
  • PR.AC-3.1
  • PR.AC-3.2
  • PR.AC-4.1
  • PR.AC-4.2
  • PR.AC-4.3
  • PR.AC-6.1
  • PR.AC-7.1
  • PR.AC-7.2
  • PR.PT-3.1
  • PR-PT-4.1

Define which external services can invoke build triggers

Google control ID
CBD-CO-6.2
Implementation
Required
Description

The cloudbuild.allowedIntegrations constraint defines which external services (for example, GitHub) can invoke build triggers. For example, if your build trigger listens for changes to a GitHub repository and GitHub is denied in this constraint, your trigger won't run. You can specify any number of allowed or denied values for your organization or project.

Applicable products
  • Organization Policy Service
  • Cloud Build
Path
constraints/cloudbuild.allowedIntegrations
Operator
=
Type
List
Related NIST-800-53 controls
  • AC-3
  • AC-12
  • AC-17
  • AC-20
Related CRI profile controls
  • PR.AC-3.1
  • PR.AC-3.2
  • PR.AC-4.1
  • PR.AC-4.2
  • PR.AC-4.3
  • PR.AC-6.1
  • PR.AC-7.1
  • PR.AC-7.2
  • PR.PT-3.1
  • PR-PT-4.1

Enable Model Armor

Implementation
Required
Description

Enable Model Armor to screen for malicious or harmful content in natural language communications, including LLM prompts and responses, MCP server-client connections, or agentic communications.

Applicable products
  • Model Armor
Path
serviceusage.getservice
Operator
=
Value
  • modelarmor.googleapis.com
Related NIST-800-53 controls
  • AC-4
  • AU-2
  • AU-8
  • AU-14
  • CM-6
  • IR-7
  • MP-4
  • MP-6
  • PM-30
  • RA-3
  • RA-5
  • RA-10
  • SA-9
  • SA-11
  • SC-7
  • SC-18
  • SI-3
  • SI-4
  • SI-8
  • SI-10
  • SI-15
  • SI-19
Related information

Configure runtime vulnerability scanning

Google control ID
AR-CO-6.3
Implementation
Required
Description

Automatically scan the container operating systems and language packages in your running workloads for known vulnerabilities to get actionable mitigation strategies.

Applicable products
  • GKE
Path
workload-vulnerability-scanning
Operator
==
Value
  • Enterprise
Related NIST-800-53 controls
  • RA-5
  • SI-4
  • SA-5

Create cleanup policies for artifacts

Google control ID
AR-CO-6.1
Implementation
Recommended based on use case
Description

Cleanup policies are useful if you store many versions of your artifacts but only need to keep specific versions that you release to production. Create separate cleanup policies for deleting artifacts and retaining artifacts.

Applicable products
  • Artifact Registry
Related NIST-800-53 controls
  • SI-12
Related CRI profile controls
  • PR.IP-2.1
  • PR.IP-2.2
  • PR.IP-2.3
Related information

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