---
names:
  full: "Google Cloud folders are not structured by environment and sensitivity"
  contextual: "Folders are not structured by environment and sensitivity"
description: "Structure Google Cloud Resource Manager folders by environment and sensitivity so policies, IAM permissions, and guardrails can be inherited consistently."
type: COMPLIANCE_POLICY
categories:
  - "SECURITY"
impossible: true
frameworkMappings:
  - /frameworks/cis-gcp-v5.0.0/01/01/03
  - /frameworks/cloudaware/identity-and-access-governance/general-access-controls