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names: 
  full: "Google GCE Instance Enable Connecting to Serial Ports is not disabled"
  contextual: "Instance Enable Connecting to Serial Ports is not disabled"
description: "Interacting with a serial port is often referred to as the serial console, which is similar to \
 using a terminal window, in that input and output is entirely in text mode and there is no graphical \ 
 interface or mouse support.
 If you enable the interactive serial console on an instance, clients can attempt to connect to that instance \ 
 from any IP address. Therefore interactive serial console support should be disabled."
type: COMPLIANCE_POLICY
categories:
  - "SECURITY"
frameworkMappings:
  - /frameworks/cis-gcp-v4.0.0/04/05
  - /frameworks/cloudaware/resource-security/network-exposure
  - /frameworks/nist-sp-800-53-r5/cm/06
  - /frameworks/nist-sp-800-53-r5/cm/07
  - /frameworks/pci-dss-v4.0/01/02/05
  - /frameworks/pci-dss-v4.0/02/02/04
  - /frameworks/pci-dss-v4.0/06/04/01
  - /frameworks/iso-iec-27001-2022/08/09
  - /frameworks/soc-2/cc6/06/01
  - /frameworks/soc-2/cc6/06/03
  - /frameworks/soc-2/cc6/06/04
similarPolicies:
  cloudConformity:
    - url: "https://www.trendmicro.com/cloudoneconformity-staging/knowledge-base/gcp/ComputeEngine/disable-interactive-serial-console-support.html"
      name: "Disable Interactive Serial Console Support"