The safeguards map / 3.3 Gateways

Google Agent Gateway
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The networking enforcement point of the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform: policy checks on agent, tool and Model Context Protocol (MCP) traffic, with IAM access policies and a custom authorization callout.
Where it sits
3.3 Gateways (primary): Acts as the network entry and exit point for agent interactions, applying IAM access policies, Model Armor filters and delegated authorization decisions to MCP, Agent2Agent (A2A), REST and gRPC traffic.
Agent Gateway is the key enforcement component of Agent Platform. It acts as the network entry and exit point for all agentic interactions.
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translates protocols (such as MCP, REST, and gRPC), and applies policy checks to all traffic.
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Facts
- Concern
- security
- Names the law
- no
- Subject
- agentAI system
- Used by
- those who run it
- Runs
- at runtime
- Policy comes from
- owner-entered settingsan external decision point
- Traffic it sees
- tool calls (MCP)agent to agent (A2A)
- Can the agent bypass it
- depends
Handoffs
None recorded.
Listed, not drawn: no documented handoff and no foundation home places it on the map.
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