Google Workspace Advanced Protection Program


Description

Your organization's Google Workspace Advanced Protection Program settings were modified.

Query · python

def rule(event):
    # Return True to match the log event and trigger an alert.
    setting_name = (
        event.deep_get("parameters", "SETTING_NAME", default="NO_SETTING_NAME")
        .split("-")[0]
        .strip()
    )
    setting_alert_flag = "Advanced Protection Program Settings"
    return event.get("name") == "CREATE_APPLICATION_SETTING" and setting_name == setting_alert_flag


def title(event):
    # If no 'dedup' function is defined, the return value of this
    # method will act as deduplication string.
    setting = event.deep_get("parameters", "SETTING_NAME", default="NO_SETTING_NAME")
    setting_name = setting.split("-")[-1].strip()
    return (
        f"Google Workspace Advanced Protection Program settings have been updated to "
        f"[{setting_name}] by Google Workspace User "
        f"[{event.deep_get('actor', 'email', default='<NO_EMAIL_FOUND>')}]."
    )

Analyst notes

Confirm the changes made were authorized for your organization.

Raw source Google Workspace Advanced Protection Program · Panther Python
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Published by panther-labs/panther-analysis ↗, licensed under Apache 2.0 ↗. Reproduced here unmodified.
AnalysisType: rule
Description: Your organization's Google Workspace Advanced Protection Program settings were modified.
DisplayName: "Google Workspace Advanced Protection Program"
Enabled: true
Filename: google_workspace_advanced_protection_program.py
Runbook: Confirm the changes made were authorized for your organization.
Reference: https://support.google.com/a/answer/9378686?hl=en
Severity: Medium
Tests:
  - ExpectedResult: false
    Name: parameters json key set to null value
    Log:
      {
        "actor":
          {
            "callerType": "USER",
            "email": "user@example.io",
            "profileId": "111111111111111111111",
          },
        "id":
          {
            "applicationName": "user_accounts",
            "customerId": "C00000000",
            "time": "2022-12-29 22:42:44.467000000",
            "uniqueQualifier": "517500000000000000",
          },
        "parameters": null,
        "ipAddress": "2600:2600:2600:2600:2600:2600:2600:2600",
        "kind": "admin#reports#activity",
        "name": "recovery_email_edit",
        "type": "recovery_info_change",
      }
  - ExpectedResult: true
    Log:
      actor:
        callerType: USER
        email: example@example.io
        profileId: "12345"
      id:
        applicationName: admin
        customerId: D12345
        time: "2022-12-11 01:35:29.906000000"
        uniqueQualifier: "-12345"
      ipAddress: 12.12.12.12
      kind: admin#reports#activity
      name: CREATE_APPLICATION_SETTING
      parameters:
        APPLICATION_EDITION: standard
        APPLICATION_NAME: Security
        NEW_VALUE: ALLOWED_WITH_REMOTE_ACCESS
        ORG_UNIT_NAME: Example IO
        SETTING_NAME: Advanced Protection Program Settings - Allow security codes
      type: APPLICATION_SETTINGS
    Name: Allow Security Codes
  - ExpectedResult: true
    Log:
      actor:
        callerType: USER
        email: example@example.io
        profileId: "12345"
      id:
        applicationName: admin
        customerId: D12345
        time: "2022-12-11 01:35:29.906000000"
        uniqueQualifier: "-12345"
      ipAddress: 12.12.12.12
      kind: admin#reports#activity
      name: CREATE_APPLICATION_SETTING
      parameters:
        APPLICATION_EDITION: standard
        APPLICATION_NAME: Security
        NEW_VALUE: "true"
        ORG_UNIT_NAME: Example IO
        SETTING_NAME: Advanced Protection Program Settings - Enable user enrollment
      type: APPLICATION_SETTINGS
    Name: Enable User Enrollment
  - 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: 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.Advanced.Protection.Program"
Threshold: 1


# ------ paired body: google_workspace_advanced_protection_program.py ------

def rule(event):
    # Return True to match the log event and trigger an alert.
    setting_name = (
        event.deep_get("parameters", "SETTING_NAME", default="NO_SETTING_NAME")
        .split("-")[0]
        .strip()
    )
    setting_alert_flag = "Advanced Protection Program Settings"
    return event.get("name") == "CREATE_APPLICATION_SETTING" and setting_name == setting_alert_flag


def title(event):
    # If no 'dedup' function is defined, the return value of this
    # method will act as deduplication string.
    setting = event.deep_get("parameters", "SETTING_NAME", default="NO_SETTING_NAME")
    setting_name = setting.split("-")[-1].strip()
    return (
        f"Google Workspace Advanced Protection Program settings have been updated to "
        f"[{setting_name}] by Google Workspace User "
        f"[{event.deep_get('actor', 'email', default='<NO_EMAIL_FOUND>')}]."
    )

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