ADMIN-014: Assured Controls - Access Approvals Enabled
- Platform
- Google Workspace
- Category
- Admin & User Management
- Severity
- Medium
- Zero Trust pillar
- Governance (weight 1)
- Golden fixtures
- 3
- Branch coverage
- Observed: fixtures prove the verdicts they exercise
- Provenance
- baseline
What it checks
Access Approvals should be enabled so that Google support staff must request and obtain organizational approval before accessing covered data, reducing the risk of unauthorized provider access.
Recommended value
Access Approvals enabled (Google staff require customer approval before accessing data)
Remediation
Admin Console > Data > Compliance > Access Management / Access Approvals > Enable the requirement for Google support staff to request approval before accessing organizational data. Requires Assured Controls.
Fixture-proven verdicts
Every verdict below is proven by a golden fixture in the module's gating test suite. This table derives from the last green run; it cannot be edited by hand.
| Scenario | Expected verdict |
|---|---|
| clean | PASS |
| known-bad | WARN |
| no-data | Not Assessed |
Framework mappings
- CISA SCuBA
- GWS.ASSUREDCONTROLS.1.1v1
- NIST SP 800-53
- AC-3, AC-6, AU-9
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1199
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