Impact: Google Cloud Backup and DR delete policy

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 deletion of a policy. A policy defines how a backup is taken and where it is stored.

How to respond

To respond to this finding, do the following:

Step 1: Review finding details

  1. Open the Impact: Google Cloud Backup and DR delete policy finding, as detailed in Reviewing findings. The details panel for the finding opens to the Summary tab.
  2. On the Summary tab, review the information in the following sections:
    • What was detected, especially the following fields:
      • Policy name: the name for a single policy, which defines backup frequency, schedule, and retention time
      • Principal subject: a user that has successfully executed an action
    • Affected resource
      • Resource display name: the project in which the policy 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

  1. In the project where the action was taken, navigate to the management console.
  2. In the App Manager tab, select the affected application and review the Policy settings applied to that application.

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