Track GCP Cloud Controls readiness
GCP Cloud Controls · Google Cloud security readiness topics
Readiness topics for running workloads securely on Google Cloud: organisation and billing, identity and access, organisation policy, logging and audit, network security, data protection, key management and secrets, storage and databases, compute, Kubernetes, threat detection and response, and backup and infrastructure as code. Items are original summaries, not Google text. Internal readiness tracker, not an assessment by Google.
GCP CloudWhat is GCP Cloud Controls?
Readiness topics for running workloads securely on Google Cloud: organisation and billing, identity and access, organisation policy, logging and audit, network security, data protection, key management and secrets, storage and databases, compute, Kubernetes, threat detection and response, and backup and infrastructure as code. Items are original summaries, not Google text. Internal readiness tracker, not an assessment by Google.
Who it applies to
Organisations that run workloads on Google Cloud and want an internal readiness view of their configuration and operations. It is not an assessment by Google and does not replace a review of the organisation's own cloud environment.
How the control catalogue is organised
Twelve groups: organisation and billing, identity and access, organisation policy, logging and audit, network security, data protection, key management and secrets, storage and databases, compute, Kubernetes, threat detection and response, and backup and infrastructure as code, summarised here as 96 original readiness topics.
GCP Cloud Controls is an original Bitkosh readiness catalogue. It is not issued by Google. Google Cloud is a trademark of Google LLC, and Bitkosh Technologies is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google LLC. Using this platform does not by itself confer or guarantee any certification, attestation or assessment by Google or anyone else.
GCP Cloud Controls on the Bitkosh platform
The 96 GCP Cloud Controls controls sit in one workspace with gap assessment, evidence collection and your readiness score, and shared controls count towards the equivalent requirement in the other 47 ready frameworks at the same time — so a second framework costs a fraction of the first.
How the platform worksSample controls
Six controls from the platform's control library, chosen because they are the most specific to this framework.
- GCP-SEC-02Misconfiguration finding triage
Findings about misconfigured or publicly exposed resources are triaged by severity with owners and target dates.
Threat detection and response - GCP-ORG-06Budgets and spend alerts
Budgets with alert thresholds exist for projects or folders, and someone is named to act on the alerts.
Organisation and billing - GCP-CMP-08Disk encryption and snapshots
Disks and their snapshots follow the data protection decisions made for the workload, and old snapshots are cleaned up.
Compute - GCP-NET-03Firewall rule discipline
Firewall rules allow only the traffic needed, avoid broad source ranges, and each rule has an owner.
Network security - GCP-RES-02Isolated and immutable backups
Backups are stored in a place separate from the source and protected from change or deletion until retention ends.
Backup and infrastructure as code - GCP-STO-04Bucket versioning and retention
Buckets with important data have object versioning or retention rules to guard against deletion and overwrite.
Storage and databases
More information security & cybersecurity frameworks
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