Starting April 29, 2025, Gemini 1.5 Pro and Gemini 1.5 Flash models are not available in projects that have no prior usage of these models, including new projects. For details, see Model versions and lifecycle.

Security controls for Generative AI

Vertex AI implements Google Cloud security controls to help secure your models and training data.

The following table lists the security controls available for Generative AI features:

: Supported for this model
: Not supported for this model

	Data residency (at-rest)	Customer-managed encryption key (CMEK)	VPC Service Controls (VPC-SC)	Access Transparency (AXT)
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Online prediction
Batch prediction
Tuning
Context caching
RAG Engine
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Online prediction
Batch prediction
Tuning
Context caching
RAG Engine
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Preview)
Online prediction
Batch prediction
Tuning
Context caching
RAG Engine
Gemini 2.0 Flash
Online prediction
Batch prediction
Tuning
Context caching
RAG Engine
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
Online prediction
Batch prediction
Tuning
RAG Engine
Embeddings for Multimodal
Online prediction
Batch prediction
Tuning
Embeddings for Text
Online prediction
Batch prediction
Tuning
RAG Engine
Imagen for Image Generation
Online prediction
Tuning

What's next

Learn more about data residency by expanding General Service Terms and reading Data Location.
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Security controls for Generative AI