Impact: Google Cloud Backup and DR remove appliance
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This document describes a threat finding type in Security Command Center. Threat findings are generated by
threat detectors when they detect
a potential threat in your cloud resources. For a full list of available threat findings, see Threat findings index.
Overview
Audit logs are examined to detect the removal of a backup and recovery
appliance. A backup and recovery appliance is a critical component for backup
operations.
How to respond
To respond to this finding, do the following:
Step 1: Review finding details
Open the Inhibit System Recovery: Google Cloud Backup and DR remove appliance finding, as detailed in Reviewing findings. The details panel for the finding opens to the Summary tab.
On the Summary tab, review the information in the following sections:
What was detected, especially the following fields:
Appliance name: the name of a database or VM connected to Backup and DR
Principal subject: a user that has successfully executed an action
Affected resource
Resource display name: the project in which the appliance was deleted
Related links, especially the following fields:
MITRE ATTACK method: link to the MITRE ATT&CK documentation
Logging URI: link to open the Logs Explorer
Step 2: Research attack and response methods
Contact the owner of the service account in the Principal email field. Confirm whether the legitimate owner conducted the action.
Step 3: Implement your response
The following response plan might be appropriate for this finding, but might also impact operations.
Carefully evaluate the information you gather in your investigation to determine the best way to
resolve findings.
In the project where the action was taken, navigate to the
management console.
In the App Manager tab, find the affected applications that are no longer
protected and review backup policies for each.
To create a new appliance and reapply protections to unprotected apps,
navigate to Backup and DR in the Google Cloud console and select the
Deploy another backup or recovery appliance option.
In the Storage menu, configure each new appliance with a storage target.
After you configure an appliance, it appears as an option when you create a
profile for your applications.
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