System properties for AI Control Tower

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title: System properties for AI Control Tower
description: Several system properties that affect core AI Control Tower are available.
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# System properties for AI Control Tower

Several system properties that affect core AI Control Tower are available.

These properties exist in the System Properties \[sys\_properties\] table. The admin role is necessary to set system properties.

**Note:** To open the System Properties \[sys\_properties\] table, enter `sys_properties.list` in the navigation filter.

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Property

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Description

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glide.oauth.tool.scan.skill.enabled

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Controls whether MCP server tool scanning is performed by a ServiceNow skill customized for AI Control Tower AI asset security. This scan is a more thorough scan that can detect more potential threats than the AI Guardian scan. As a general guideline, use this scan instead of the AI Guardian scan.-   Type: Boolean
-   Default value: `true`
-   Location: The System Properties \[sys\_properties\] table

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glide.oauth.tool.scan.guardian.enabled

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Controls whether MCP server tool scanning is performed by AI Guardian. For more information, see [AI Guardian](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/intelligent-experiences/now-assist-guardian.md).-   Type: Boolean
-   Default value: false
-   Location: The System Properties \[sys\_properties\] table

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sn\_ai\_security.analyzer\_max\_record\_age\_hours

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See [System properties for AI asset security](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/intelligent-experiences/gov-sec-reference-system-properties.md).

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sn\_ai\_governance.asset\_dedup.agent.enabled

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The main switch for intelligent agentic AI asset deduplication. When fails, all deduplication scheduled jobs and AI agent-driven semantic tag generation are inactive.

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sn\_ai\_security.veza.api.key

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See [System properties for AI asset security](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/intelligent-experiences/gov-sec-reference-system-properties.md)

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sn\_ai\_security.veza.api.url

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See [System properties for AI asset security](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/intelligent-experiences/gov-sec-reference-system-properties.md).

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