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GCP Audit Logs - Detect Organization Policy Deletion or Updation
Detects when a Google Cloud Platform organization policy is deleted or updated. Organization policies provide centralized control over your organization's cloud resources and help ensure security and compliance. Deletion or modification of org policies may indicate an attempt to bypass security controls or weaken the security posture of GCP projects. Adversaries may delete or update organization policies to disable security constraints before performing malicious activities.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Defense Impairment |
Telemetry coverage
| Platform | Record / event type |
|---|---|
| GCP | any: orgpolicy.googleapis.com (any method) |
Rule body
id: 205e1c9f-faee-43f1-b3b8-1952ffbbeea4
name: GCP Audit Logs - Detect Organization Policy Deletion or Updation
description: |
'Detects when a Google Cloud Platform organization policy is deleted or updated.
Organization policies provide centralized control over your organization's cloud resources and help ensure security and compliance.
Deletion or modification of org policies may indicate an attempt to bypass security controls or weaken the security posture of GCP projects.
Adversaries may delete or update organization policies to disable security constraints before performing malicious activities.'
severity: High
status: Available
requiredDataConnectors:
- connectorId: GCPAuditLogsDefinition
dataTypes:
- GCPAuditLogs
queryFrequency: 1h
queryPeriod: 1h
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
- DefenseEvasion
relevantTechniques:
- T1562.001
tags:
- GCP
- IAM Organization Policy
- Compliance
query: |
GCPAuditLogs
| where ServiceName == "orgpolicy.googleapis.com"
| where MethodName has_any ("OrgPolicy.DeletePolicy", "OrgPolicy.UpdatePolicy")
| extend
RequestMetadataJson = parse_json(RequestMetadata),
AuthInfoJson = parse_json(AuthenticationInfo),
AuthzInfoJson = parse_json(AuthorizationInfo)
| extend
PolicyName = split(GCPResourceName, "/")[-1],
CallerIpAddress = tostring(RequestMetadataJson.callerIp),
UserAgent = tostring(RequestMetadataJson.callerSuppliedUserAgent),
AuthEmail = tostring(AuthInfoJson.principalEmail),
Permission = tostring(AuthzInfoJson[0].permission),
PermissionGranted = tostring(AuthzInfoJson[0].granted)
| extend
AccountName = tostring(split(PrincipalEmail, "@")[0]),
AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(PrincipalEmail, "@")[1])
| project TimeGenerated,
PrincipalEmail,
AuthEmail,
ProjectId,
ResourceName = GCPResourceName,
PolicyName,
CallerIpAddress,
UserAgent,
MethodName,
ServiceName,
Severity,
Permission,
PermissionGranted,
LogName,
InsertId,
AccountName,
AccountUPNSuffix
entityMappings:
- entityType: Account
fieldMappings:
- identifier: FullName
columnName: PrincipalEmail
- identifier: Name
columnName: AccountName
- identifier: UPNSuffix
columnName: AccountUPNSuffix
- entityType: IP
fieldMappings:
- identifier: Address
columnName: CallerIpAddress
- entityType: CloudApplication
fieldMappings:
- identifier: Name
columnName: ProjectId
- identifier: InstanceName
columnName: ResourceName
customDetails:
ProjectId: ProjectId
PolicyName: PolicyName
ResourceName: ResourceName
UserAgent: UserAgent
Permission: Permission
MethodName: MethodName
alertDetailsOverride:
alertDisplayNameFormat: "GCP Organization Policy {{PolicyName}} Deleted by {{PrincipalEmail}}"
alertDescriptionFormat: |-
Organization policy {{PolicyName}} was deleted. This action may weaken security controls and compliance posture.
Resource: {{ResourceName}}
Source IP: {{CallerIpAddress}}
Investigate whether this deletion was authorized and assess the impact on security controls.
version: 1.0.1
kind: Scheduled
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: source
GCPAuditLogs
Stage 2: where
| where ServiceName == "orgpolicy.googleapis.com"
Stage 3: where
| where MethodName has_any ("OrgPolicy.DeletePolicy", "OrgPolicy.UpdatePolicy")
Stage 4: extend (3 consecutive steps)
| extend
RequestMetadataJson = parse_json(RequestMetadata),
AuthInfoJson = parse_json(AuthenticationInfo),
AuthzInfoJson = parse_json(AuthorizationInfo)
| extend
PolicyName = split(GCPResourceName, "/")[-1],
CallerIpAddress = tostring(RequestMetadataJson.callerIp),
UserAgent = tostring(RequestMetadataJson.callerSuppliedUserAgent),
AuthEmail = tostring(AuthInfoJson.principalEmail),
Permission = tostring(AuthzInfoJson[0].permission),
PermissionGranted = tostring(AuthzInfoJson[0].granted)
| extend
AccountName = tostring(split(PrincipalEmail, "@")[0]),
AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(PrincipalEmail, "@")[1])
Stage 5: project
| project TimeGenerated,
PrincipalEmail,
AuthEmail,
ProjectId,
ResourceName = GCPResourceName,
PolicyName,
CallerIpAddress,
UserAgent,
MethodName,
ServiceName,
Severity,
Permission,
PermissionGranted,
LogName,
InsertId,
AccountName,
AccountUPNSuffix
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
MethodName | match |
| field:"gcp::method_name" kind:match |
ServiceName | eq |
| field:"ServiceName" kind:eq value:"orgpolicy.googleapis.com" |
Output fields
These fields are emitted when the rule matches.
| Field | Source |
|---|---|
AccountName | project |
AccountUPNSuffix | project |
AuthEmail | project |
CallerIpAddress | project |
InsertId | project |
LogName | project |
MethodName | project |
Permission | project |
PermissionGranted | project |
PolicyName | project |
PrincipalEmail | project |
ProjectId | project |
ResourceName | project |
ServiceName | project |
Severity | project |
TimeGenerated | project |
UserAgent | project |