Predefined posture for secure AI, extended

This page describes the preventative and detective policies that are included in the v1.0 version of the predefined posture for secure AI, extended. 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 predefined posture to configure a security posture that helps protect Gemini and Vertex AI resources. If you want to deploy this predefined posture, you must customize some of the policies so that they apply to your environment.

Organization policy constraints

The following table describes the organization policies that are included in this posture.

Policy Description Compliance standard
ainotebooks.accessMode

This constraint defines the modes of access that are allowed to Vertex AI Workbench notebooks and instances.

You must configure this value when you adopt this predefined posture.

 NIST SP 800-53 control: AC-3(3) and AC-6(1)
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.environmentOptions

This constraint defines the VM and container image options a user can select when creating new Vertex AI Workbench notebooks and instances where this constraint is enforced. The options to be allowed or denied must be listed explicitly.

Values are the following:

policy_rules:
        - values:
            allowed_values:
            - is:ainotebooks-vm/deeplearning-platform-release/image-family/tf-1-15-cpu
            - is:ainotebooks-vm/deeplearning-platform-release/image-family/tf-2-1-cpu
            - is:ainotebooks-vm/deeplearning-platform-release/image-family/tf-1-15-gpu
            - is:ainotebooks-vm/deeplearning-platform-release/image-family/tf-2-1-gpu
            - is:ainotebooks-vm/deeplearning-platform-release/image-family/caffe1-latest-cpu-experimental
            - is:ainotebooks-vm/deeplearning-platform-release/image-name/r-3-6-cpu-experimental-20200617
            - is:ainotebooks-vm/deeplearning-platform-release/image-name/tf2-ent-2-1-cpu-20200613
            - is:ainotebooks-vm/deeplearning-platform-release/image-name/tf2-2-2-cu101-20200616
            - is:ainotebooks-vm/deeplearning-platform-release/image-name/tf-1-15-cu100-20200615
            - is:ainotebooks-vm/deeplearning-platform-release/image-name/pytorch-latest-cpu-20200615
            - is:ainotebooks-container/gcr.io/deeplearning-platform-release/tf-gpu.1-15
            - is:ainotebooks-container/gcr.io/deeplearning-platform-release/tf-cpu.1-15:latest
            - is:ainotebooks-container/gcr.io/deeplearning-platform-release/tf-cpu.1-15:m48
            - is:ainotebooks-container/gcr.io/deeplearning-platform-release/tf-cpu.1-15:m46
            - is:ainotebooks-container/custom-container:latest
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 IPs 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
ainotebooks.restrictVpcNetworks

This list defines the VPC networks a user can select when creating new Vertex AI Workbench instances where this constraint is enforced.

You must configure this value when you adopt this predefined posture.

 NIST SP 800-53 control: AC-3, AC-4, and CM-2

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, extended, 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_extended

Windows (PowerShell)

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

Windows (cmd.exe)

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

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_extended

To send your request, expand one of these options:

The response contains the posture template.

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