MEDIUM

Ensure Confidential Computing is enabled for sensitive workloads

Confidential VMs should be used for workloads processing sensitive data.

Security Impact

Without Confidential Computing, data in memory can be accessed.

How to Remediate

Create instances with Confidential VM enabled using compatible machine types.

Affected Resources

compute.googleapis.com/Instance

Compliance Frameworks

SOC 2PCI-DSSHIPAA

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Check Details

Check ID
gcp-compute-10
Service
Google Compute Engine
Category
Data Protection
Severity
MEDIUM

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