Security Foundations Blueprint Enterprise Foundations Blueprint
Legacy names Security Foundations Blueprint, Google Cloud Security Foundations Blueprint, Security Foundations Guide, Google Cloud Security Foundations Guide
Reference landing-zone architecture guide and deployable Cloud Foundation Toolkit (CFT) Terraform blueprint for enterprise governance, networking, and security on Google Cloud.
Naming timeline
- Google Cloud Security Foundations Guide
Launched alongside v1.0.0 of the terraform-example-foundation repository in the Cloud Foundation Toolkit (CFT) as Google Cloud's prescriptive landing-zone security guide.
- Security Foundations Blueprint
Adopted the 'Security foundations blueprint' naming pairing the Cloud Architecture Center guide with deployable Cloud Foundation Toolkit Terraform stages (0-bootstrap through 5-app-infra).
- Enterprise Foundations BlueprintCurrent name
Rebranded from 'Security foundations blueprint' to 'Enterprise foundations blueprint' during a major rewrite expanding coverage across enterprise governance, networking, observability, and CI/CD.
What is Security Foundations Blueprint called now?
Security Foundations Blueprint is now called Enterprise Foundations Blueprint, with the latest change on 20 December 2023 (Cloud Architecture Center Rebrand). Earlier names covered by this entry also include Google Cloud Security Foundations Blueprint, Security Foundations Guide, Google Cloud Security Foundations Guide. Reference landing-zone architecture guide and deployable Cloud Foundation Toolkit (CFT) Terraform blueprint for enterprise governance, networking, and security on Google Cloud. Only the customer-facing name changed; the underlying technical identifiers remain backward compatible.
Also known as
- terraform-example-foundation
- Cloud Foundation Toolkit (CFT) Example Foundation
Technical identifiers
Technical identifiers unchanged. Only the customer-facing product name changed; the APIs, CLI commands, IAM roles and Terraform resources below keep their legacy identifiers for backward compatibility.
| REST / gRPC APIs | cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com iam.googleapis.com orgpolicy.googleapis.com accesscontextmanager.googleapis.com securitycenter.googleapis.com |
|---|---|
| gcloud / CLI Commands | gcloud beta terraform vet cft |
| IAM Predefined Roles | roles/resourcemanager.organizationAdmin roles/orgpolicy.policyAdmin roles/accesscontextmanager.policyAdmin |
| Terraform Resources | terraform-google-modules/terraform-example-foundation google_organization_policy google_access_context_manager_service_perimeter |
The deployable GitHub repository retains the name terraform-google-modules/terraform-example-foundation (part of the Cloud Foundation Toolkit), and the official documentation URL retains the legacy /architecture/blueprints/security-foundations path.
Notes & disambiguation
- Official Cloud Architecture Center documentation states: 'The enterprise foundations blueprint (formerly known as the security foundations blueprint) is intended for architects, security practitioners, and platform engineering teams who are responsible for designing an enterprise-ready environment on Google Cloud.'
- On December 20, 2023, the Cloud Architecture Center officially rebranded the 'Security foundations blueprint' (originally launched in 2020 as the 'Google Cloud security foundations guide') to the 'Enterprise foundations blueprint' to reflect broader platform-engineering, networking, and operational coverage beyond security alone.
- The deployable Terraform assets remain hosted in the official Cloud Foundation Toolkit repository 'terraform-google-modules/terraform-example-foundation', and the documentation URL path retains the legacy '/architecture/blueprints/security-foundations' slug.
Sources & official documentation
- Official documentation ↗
- Product page ↗
- Enterprise foundations blueprint (formerly known as the security foundations blueprint)
- Cloud Architecture Center Release Notes (December 20, 2023: Rebranded as Enterprise foundations blueprint)
- GitHub — terraform-google-modules/terraform-example-foundation (Cloud Foundation Toolkit)
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