Google Workspace Admin Custom Role


Description

A Google Workspace administrator created a new custom administrator role.

Query · python

def rule(event):
    # Return True to match the log event and trigger an alert.
    # Create Alert if there is a custom role created under delegated admin settings
    return (
        event.get("type", "") == "DELEGATED_ADMIN_SETTINGS"
        and event.get("name", "") == "CREATE_ROLE"
    )


def title(event):
    # (Optional) Return a string which will be shown as the alert title.
    # If no 'dedup' function is defined, the return value of this method
    # will act as deduplication string.
    return (
        f"Google Workspace Administrator "
        f"[{event.get('actor',{}).get('email','NO_EMAIL_FOUND')}] "
        f"created a new admin role "
        f"[{event.get('parameters',{}).get('ROLE_NAME','NO_ROLE_NAME_FOUND')}]."
    )

Analyst notes

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AnalysisType: rule
Description: A Google Workspace administrator created a new custom administrator role.
DisplayName: "Google Workspace Admin Custom Role"
Enabled: true
Filename: google_workspace_admin_custom_role.py
Runbook: Please review this activity with the administrator and ensure this behavior was authorized.
Reference: https://support.google.com/a/answer/2406043?hl=en#:~:text=under%20the%20limit.-,Create%20a%20custom%20role,-Before%20you%20begin
Severity: Medium
Tags:
  - admin
  - administrator
  - google workspace
  - role
Tests:
  - ExpectedResult: false
    Log:
      actor:
        callerType: USER
        email: example@example.io
        profileId: "123456"
      id:
        applicationName: admin
        customerId: D12345
        time: "2022-12-11 02:57:48.693000000"
        uniqueQualifier: "-12456"
      ipAddress: 12.12.12.12
      kind: admin#reports#activity
      name: DELETE_ROLE
      parameters:
        ROLE_ID: "567890"
        ROLE_NAME: CustomAdminRoleName
      type: DELEGATED_ADMIN_SETTINGS
    Name: Delete Role
  - ExpectedResult: true
    Log:
      actor:
        callerType: USER
        email: example@example.io
        profileId: "123456"
      id:
        applicationName: admin
        customerId: D12345
        time: "2022-12-11 02:57:48.693000000"
        uniqueQualifier: "-12456"
      ipAddress: 12.12.12.12
      kind: admin#reports#activity
      name: CREATE_ROLE
      parameters:
        ROLE_ID: "567890"
        ROLE_NAME: CustomAdminRoleName
      type: DELEGATED_ADMIN_SETTINGS
    Name: New Custom Role Created
  - Name: ListObject Type
    ExpectedResult: false
    Log:
      {
        "actor":
          { "email": "user@example.io", "profileId": "118111111111111111111" },
        "id":
          {
            "applicationName": "drive",
            "customerId": "D12345",
            "time": "2022-12-20 17:27:47.080000000",
            "uniqueQualifier": "-7312729053723258069",
          },
        "ipAddress": "12.12.12.12",
        "kind": "admin#reports#activity",
        "name": "rename",
        "parameters":
          {
            "actor_is_collaborator_account": null,
            "billable": true,
            "doc_id": "1GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG",
            "doc_title": "Document Title- Found Here",
            "doc_type": "presentation",
            "is_encrypted": null,
            "new_value": ["Document Title- Found Here"],
            "old_value": ["Document Title- Old"],
            "owner": "user@example.io",
            "owner_is_shared_drive": null,
            "owner_is_team_drive": null,
            "primary_event": true,
            "visibility": "private",
          },
        "type": "access",
      }
DedupPeriodMinutes: 60
LogTypes:
  - GSuite.ActivityEvent
RuleID: "Google.Workspace.Admin.Custom.Role"
SummaryAttributes:
  - name
  - type
Threshold: 1


# ------ paired body: google_workspace_admin_custom_role.py ------

def rule(event):
    # Return True to match the log event and trigger an alert.
    # Create Alert if there is a custom role created under delegated admin settings
    return (
        event.get("type", "") == "DELEGATED_ADMIN_SETTINGS"
        and event.get("name", "") == "CREATE_ROLE"
    )


def title(event):
    # (Optional) Return a string which will be shown as the alert title.
    # If no 'dedup' function is defined, the return value of this method
    # will act as deduplication string.
    return (
        f"Google Workspace Administrator "
        f"[{event.get('actor',{}).get('email','NO_EMAIL_FOUND')}] "
        f"created a new admin role "
        f"[{event.get('parameters',{}).get('ROLE_NAME','NO_ROLE_NAME_FOUND')}]."
    )

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