Security controls for Generative AI

Vertex AI implements Google Cloud security controls to help secure your models and training data.

The following table lists the security controls available for Generative AI features:

	Data residency (at-rest)^1	Customer-managed encryption key (CMEK)	VPC Service Controls (VPC-SC)	Access Transparency (AXT)
Gemini 1.5 Flash
Online prediction
Batch prediction
Tuning
Context caching (Preview)
Gemini 1.5 Pro
Online prediction
Batch prediction
Tuning
Context caching (Preview)
Gemini 1.0 Pro Vision
Online prediction
Gemini 1.0 Pro
Online prediction
Tuning^2
Embeddings for Multimodal
Online prediction
Batch prediction
Tuning
Embeddings for Text
Online prediction
Batch prediction
Tuning
Imagen for Image Generation
Online prediction
Tuning

¹See Generative AI on Vertex AI locations for regions where the Generative AI on Vertex AI meets at-rest commitments.

²CMEK for Gemini 1.0 Pro tuning is only supported in us-east1 and europe-west4.

Learn more

• Learn more about data residency by expanding General Service Terms and reading 1. Data Location.
• Learn more about Vertex AI security controls.