Google Cloud Compliance ControlsGoogle Cloud SQL
Cloud SQL SQL Server instances should have 'external scripts enabled' set to 'off'
It is recommended to set external scripts enabled database flag for Cloud SQL SQL Server instance to off. The powerpipe check is titled "Ensure 'external scripts enabled' database flag for Cloud SQL SQL Server instance is set to 'off'".
What this control checks
Cloud SQL Server instances are checked for the external scripts enabled flag
Framework mappings
The clauses this control is mapped to in each framework.
- CC6.3 The entity authorizes, modifies, or removes access to data, software, functions, and other protected information assets based on roles, responsibilities, or the system design and changes, giving consideration to the concepts of least privilege and segregation of duties, to meet the entity's objectives
- CC6.8: The entity implements controls to prevent or detect and act upon the introduction of unauthorized or malicious software to meet the entity's objectives.
- CM-7 Least Functionality
- SI-7 Software, Firmware, and Information Integrity
- 6.3.1 Ensure 'external scripts enabled' database flag for Cloud SQL SQL Server instance is set to 'off
- 6.3.1 Ensure 'external scripts enabled' Database Flag for Cloud SQL SQL Server Instance Is Set to 'off'
- 6.3.1 Ensure 'external scripts enabled' database flag for Cloud SQL SQL Server instance is set to 'off'
- 6.3.1 Ensure 'external scripts enabled' database flag for Cloud SQL SQL Server instance is set to 'off'
- 6.3.1 Ensure 'external scripts enabled' database flag for Cloud SQL SQL Server instance is set to 'off'
NIST Cybersecurity Framework v1.0
- PR.IP-1: A baseline configuration of information technology/industrial control systems is created and maintained incorporating security principles (e.g. concept of least functionality).
- PR.PT-3: The principle of least functionality is incorporated by configuring systems to provide only essential capabilities.
Related controls
Tool mappings
Use these identifiers to cross-reference this control across tools, reports, and evidence.
- Compliance.tf Control:
sql_instance_sql_external_scripts_enabled_database_flag_off - Powerpipe Control:
gcp_compliance.control.sql_instance_sql_external_scripts_enabled_database_flag_off
Last reviewed: 2026-10-10