Enable the CIEM detection service

This page describes how to set up the Security Command Center Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) detection service to detect identity issues in Google Cloud and other cloud platforms, like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure (Preview).

The CIEM detection service generates findings that alert you to potential identity and access security issues, such as highly privileged identities (accounts).

Before you begin

Before you enable the CIEM detection service, complete the following tasks:

Set up permissions

The following sections describe the permissions required to configure CIEM.

Permissions for Standard-legacy, Standard, and Premium tier activations

After you activate Security Command Center, no additional permissions are needed to configure CIEM. For more information, see Configure CIEM with Google Cloud.

Permissions for Enterprise tier activations

To get the permissions that you need to enable CIEM, ask your administrator to grant you the following IAM roles on your Google Cloud organization:

  • Chronicle API Admin (roles/chronicle.admin)
  • Chronicle SOAR Admin (roles/chronicle.soarAdmin)
  • Chronicle Service Admin (roles/chroniclesm.admin)
  • Cloud Asset Owner (roles/cloudasset.owner)
  • Create Service Accounts (roles/iam.serviceAccountCreator)
  • Folder IAM Admin (roles/resourcemanager.folderIamAdmin)
  • IAM Recommender Admin (roles/recommender.iamAdmin)
  • Organization Administrator (roles/resourcemanager.organizationAdmin)
  • Organization Role Administrator (roles/iam.roleAdmin)
  • Project Creator (roles/resourcemanager.projectCreator)
  • Project IAM Admin (roles/resourcemanager.projectIamAdmin)
  • Security Admin (roles/iam.securityAdmin)
  • Security Center Admin (roles/securitycenter.admin)

For more information about granting roles, see Manage access to projects, folders, and organizations.

You might also be able to get the required permissions through custom roles or other predefined roles.

Configure CIEM for Google Cloud

Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management services are enabled by default in your Google Cloud environment and don't require additional configuration.

After you activate Security Command Center, these services generate and publish findings related to Google Cloud resources to Security Command Center.

Configure CIEM for AWS

To enable the CIEM detection service for AWS, do the following:

Configure CIEM for Microsoft Azure

To enable the CIEM detection service for Microsoft Azure, do the following:

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