Policy: GCP > CIS v2.0 > 4 - Virtual Machines > 4.08 - Ensure Compute Instances Are Launched With Shielded VM Enabled

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 2

To defend against advanced threats and ensure that the boot loader and firmware on your VMs are signed and untampered, it is recommended that Compute instances are launched with Shielded VM enabled.

Resource Types

This policy targets the following resource types:

GCP > Compute Engine > Instance

Primary Policy

This policy is used with the following primary policy:

GCP > CIS v2.0 > 4 - Virtual Machines

Controls

Policy Specification

Schema Type	`string`
Default	`Per GCP > CIS v2.0 > 4 - Virtual Machines`
Valid Values [YAML]	`Per GCP > CIS v2.0 > 4 - Virtual Machines` `Skip` `Check: Benchmark`

In Your Workspace

Policy Settings by Type report

Developers

Category URI

tmod:@turbot/cis#/control/categories/v070502

Policy Type URI

tmod:@turbot/gcp-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0408

GraphQL

query policyType(id: "tmod:@turbot/gcp-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0408") { … }

query policySettings(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/gcp-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0408'") { … }

query policyValues(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/gcp-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0408'") { … }

CLI

Get Policy Type

turbot graphql policy-type --id "tmod:@turbot/gcp-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0408"

Get Policy Settings

turbot graphql policy-settings --filter "policyTypeId:tmod:@turbot/gcp-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0408"