Policy: GCP > CIS v2.0 > 1 - Identity and Access Management > 1.12 - Ensure API Keys Only Exist for Active Services

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 2

API Keys should only be used for services in cases where other authentication methods are unavailable. Unused keys with their permissions in tact may still exist within a project. Keys are insecure because they can be viewed publicly, such as from within a browser, or they can be accessed on a device where the key resides. It is recommended to use standard authentication flow instead.

Resource Types

This policy targets the following resource types:

GCP > Project

Primary Policy

This policy is used with the following primary policy:

GCP > CIS v2.0 > 1 - Identity and Access Management

Controls

Policy Specification

Schema Type	`string`
Default	`Per GCP > CIS v2.0 > 1 - Identity and Access Management`
Valid Values [YAML]	`Per GCP > CIS v2.0 > 1 - Identity and Access Management` `Skip` `Check: Benchmark`

In Your Workspace

Policy Settings by Type report

Developers

Category URI

tmod:@turbot/cis#/control/categories/v071608

Policy Type URI

tmod:@turbot/gcp-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0112

GraphQL

query policyType(id: "tmod:@turbot/gcp-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0112") { … }

query policySettings(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/gcp-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0112'") { … }

query policyValues(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/gcp-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0112'") { … }

CLI

Get Policy Type

turbot graphql policy-type --id "tmod:@turbot/gcp-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0112"

Get Policy Settings

turbot graphql policy-settings --filter "policyTypeId:tmod:@turbot/gcp-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0112"