Policy: GCP > CIS v2.0 > 4 - Virtual Machines > 4.12 - Ensure the Latest Operating System Updates Are Installed On Your Virtual Machines in All Projects

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 2

Google Cloud Virtual Machines have the ability via an OS Config agent API to periodically (about every 10 minutes) report OS inventory data. A patch compliance API periodically reads this data, and cross references metadata to determine if the latest updates are installed.

This is not the only Patch Management solution available to your organization and you should weigh your needs before committing to using this method.

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

Attestation

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 using attestation`

In Your Workspace

Policy Settings by Type report

Developers

Category URI

tmod:@turbot/cis#/control/categories/v070202

Policy Type URI

tmod:@turbot/gcp-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0412

GraphQL

query policyType(id: "tmod:@turbot/gcp-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0412") { … }

query policySettings(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/gcp-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0412'") { … }

query policyValues(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/gcp-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0412'") { … }

CLI

Get Policy Type

turbot graphql policy-type --id "tmod:@turbot/gcp-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0412"

Get Policy Settings

turbot graphql policy-settings --filter "policyTypeId:tmod:@turbot/gcp-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0412"