Check if less secure app access is blocked. Less secure apps use basic authentication which is vulnerable to credential theft.
AI agents call check_less_secure_apps to retrieve information from Google Workspace Compliance Audit Tool without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only query of Google Workspace security settings to assess a compliance status. It evaluates whether a protective policy is in place but does not modify settings, execute code, delete data, or affect financial systems.
From the tool's definition The tool 'check_less_secure_apps' retrieves or audits a security configuration setting ('if less secure app access is blocked').
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Check if less secure app access is blocked. Less secure apps use basic authentication which is vulnerable to credential theft. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Google Workspace Compliance Audit Tool MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Google Workspace Compliance Audit Tool MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for check_less_secure_apps: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Google Workspace Compliance Audit Tool. Nothing to install.
check_less_secure_apps is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the check_less_secure_apps rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for check_less_secure_apps. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
check_less_secure_apps is provided by the Google Workspace Compliance Audit Tool MCP server (sean-m-sweeney/googleworkspaceaudit). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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