Cloud Monitoring Should Monitor IAM Key Authentication Events Count
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Ensure Cloud Monitoring monitors IAM key authentication events countRisk Level
MediumAddress
SecurityCompliance Standards
CBPTriage and Remediation
Remediation
Using Console
Using Console
To remediate the misconfiguration of not monitoring IAM Key Authentication Events Count in GCP, you can follow the below steps using the GCP console:
- Open the GCP console and navigate to the Security Command Center.
- Click on the “Security Health Analytics” tab on the left-hand side of the screen.
- Under the “Security Health Analytics” tab, click on the “Security Health Analytics Findings” option.
- In the “Findings” section, search for the finding “IAM Key Authentication Events Count Not Monitored”.
- Click on the finding to view the details.
- In the details section, click on the “Remediation Steps” tab.
- Follow the recommended remediation steps to enable monitoring of IAM Key Authentication Events Count.
- The recommended remediation steps include creating a new custom dashboard in the GCP console, adding a widget to the dashboard to monitor IAM Key Authentication Events Count, and configuring the widget to display the count of authentication events.
- Once the remediation steps are completed, the finding for “IAM Key Authentication Events Count Not Monitored” should be resolved in the Security Health Analytics section.
Using CLI
Using CLI
To remediate the misconfiguration of not monitoring IAM key authentication events count in GCP using GCP CLI, follow these steps:Replace Replace Replace
- Open the Google Cloud Console and select the project for which you want to remediate the misconfiguration.
- Open the Cloud Shell by clicking on the icon in the top right corner of the console.
- In the Cloud Shell, enter the following command to enable the Cloud Audit Logs API:
- Once the API is enabled, you can create a sink to export the audit logs to a destination of your choice. For example, to export the logs to Cloud Storage, use the following command:
[SINK_NAME] with a name for the sink and [BUCKET_NAME] with the name of the Cloud Storage bucket you want to export the logs to.- After creating the sink, grant the necessary permissions to the Cloud Storage bucket by running the following command:
[PROJECT_NUMBER] with the project number and [BUCKET_NAME] with the name of the Cloud Storage bucket.- Finally, test the sink by generating an access token using an IAM key and checking if the event count is logged in the Cloud Audit Logs. You can do this by running the following command:
[KEY_FILE_NAME] with a name for the key file and [IAM_ACCOUNT_EMAIL] with the email address of the IAM key.- After generating the access token, check the Cloud Audit Logs to confirm that the event count has been logged. You can do this by navigating to the Cloud Logging section of the Google Cloud Console and selecting the sink you created in step 4.
Using Python
Using Python
To remediate the misconfiguration in GCP where cloud monitoring should monitor IAM key authentication events count using Python, follow the below steps:
- First, you need to enable the required APIs for the project. You can do this by navigating to the APIs & Services section in the GCP console and searching for the required APIs, which in this case are the Cloud Monitoring API and the Cloud IAM API.
- Next, you need to create a service account with the required permissions to access the Cloud Monitoring API and the Cloud IAM API. You can do this by navigating to the Service Accounts section in the GCP console and creating a new service account with the required permissions.
- Once the service account is created, you need to download the service account key in JSON format. This key will be used to authenticate the Python script to access the Cloud Monitoring API and the Cloud IAM API.
- Now, you can use the Python client libraries for the Cloud Monitoring API and the Cloud IAM API to write a script that will retrieve the IAM key authentication events count.
- Here is a sample Python script that retrieves the IAM key authentication events count:
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Replace the
KEY_FILE_LOCATION,PROJECT_ID,METRIC_NAME, andTIME_INTERVALvariables with the appropriate values for your environment. - Run the Python script to retrieve the IAM key authentication events count for your GCP project.