---
names:
  full: "Google Cloud SQL Instance Deletion Protection is not enabled"
  contextual: "Cloud SQL Instance Deletion Protection is not enabled"
description: "Enable deletion protection for Cloud SQL instances to help prevent accidental or unauthorized database deletion."
type: COMPLIANCE_POLICY
categories:
  - "RELIABILITY"
impossible: true
frameworkMappings:
  - /frameworks/cis-gcp-v5.0.0/06/09
  - /frameworks/cloudaware/resource-security/data-protection-and-recovery