EMAIL-020: Gmail Confidential Mode
- Platform
- Google Workspace
- Category
- Advanced Threat Protection
- Severity
- Low
- Zero Trust pillar
- Applications & Workloads (weight 1)
- Golden fixtures
- 3
- Branch coverage
- Observed: fixtures prove the verdicts they exercise
- Provenance
- baseline
What it checks
Gmail confidential mode allows senders to set expiration dates and revoke access to messages. Review whether this feature is enabled or restricted per organizational policy
Recommended value
Gmail confidential mode enabled for users who handle sensitive data
Remediation
Admin Console > Apps > Google Workspace > Gmail > End User Access > Review Gmail confidential mode settings and enable or restrict based on organizational requirements
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
- NIST SP 800-53
- AC-4, SC-28
- CIS Benchmark
- 2.20
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1114.002