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Enforce GCP KMS Crypto Keys Are Not Publicly Accessible

Enforce GCP KMS Crypto Keys Are Not Publicly Accessible

Enforcing that GCP KMS crypto keys are not publicly accessible is vital for protecting sensitive data from unauthorized access. This ensures that cryptographic keys, which are essential for data encryption and security, are only accessible to authorized users and services, thereby preventing potential data breaches and maintaining compliance with security best practices and regulatory standards.

This policy pack can help you configure the following settings for KMS crypto keys:

  • Remove access for non-trusted members
  • Do not allow allUsers access to crypto keys
  • Do not allow allAuthenticatedUsers access to crypto keys

Review policy settings →

Getting Started

Requirements

Credentials

To create a policy pack through Terraform:

  • Ensure you have Turbot/Admin permissions (or higher) in Guardrails
  • Create access keys in Guardrails

And then set your credentials:

export TURBOT_WORKSPACE=myworkspace.acme.comexport TURBOT_ACCESS_KEY=acce6ac5-access-key-hereexport TURBOT_SECRET_KEY=a8af61ec-secret-key-here

Please see Turbot Guardrails Provider authentication for additional authentication methods.

Usage

Install Policy Pack

Note

By default, installed policy packs are not attached to any resources.

Policy packs must be attached to resources in order for their policy settings to take effect.

Clone:

git clone https://github.com/turbot/guardrails-samples.gitcd guardrails-samples/policy_packs/gcp/kms/enforce_crypto_keys_are_not_publicly_accessible

Run the Terraform to create the policy pack in your workspace:

terraform initterraform plan

Then apply the changes:

terraform apply

Apply Policy Pack

Log into your Guardrails workspace and attach the policy pack to a resource.

If this policy pack is attached to a Guardrails folder, its policies will be applied to all accounts and resources in that folder. The policy pack can also be attached to multiple resources.

For more information, please see Policy Packs.

Enable Enforcement

Tip

You can also update the policy settings in this policy pack directly in the Guardrails console.

Please note your Terraform state file will then become out of sync and the policy settings should then only be managed in the console.

By default, the policies are set to Check in the pack's policy settings. To enable automated enforcements, you can switch these policies settings by adding a comment to the Check setting and removing the comment from one of the listed enforcement options:

resource "turbot_policy_setting" "gcp_kms_crypto_key_policy_trusted_access" {  resource = turbot_policy_pack.main.id  type     = "tmod:@turbot/gcp-kms#/policy/types/cryptoKeyPolicyTrustedAccess"  # value    = "Check: Trusted Access > *"  value    = "Enforce: Trusted Access > *"}

Then re-apply the changes:

terraform planterraform apply