Ensure the Security Report is reviewed regularly for anomalies

HighLevel 1Manual reviewgoogle-workspace

Description

As your organization's administrator, you can monitor your users' exposure to data compromise by reviewing the security report. Fields Available: - User - External apps - 2-Step verification enrollment - 2-Step verification enforcement - Password length compliance - Password strength - User account status - Admin status - Security keys enrolled - Less secure apps access - Gmail (IMAP) - last used time - Gmail (POP) - last used time - Gmail (Web) - last used time - External shares - Internal shares - Public - Anyone with link - Outside domain - Anyone in domain shares - Anyone in domain with link shares - Within domain shares - Private shares Details on what each of these fields mean can be found here. This report should be reviewed weekly. NOTE: In larger organizations reviewing this entire report weekly may not be possible. At a minimum, all Administrator and Super Administrator user...

How it is checked

Audit method: Manual review

This recommendation cannot be checked automatically. A scan lists it with these instructions when you pass --include-manual.

To verify this setting via the Google Admin Console: 1. Log in to https://admin.google.com as an administrator. 2. Select Reporting 3. Select Reports 4. Select User Reports 5. Select Security, and a table of results will be displayed with the fields listed in the Recommendation description above. 6. Review the displayed users and values for anomalies

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

The remediation for any anomalies in the various fields varies widely (different sections of the Google Workspace Admin UI). Please refer to Google's documentation for specifics (here). NOTE: Many of these settings will be remedied by implementing other sections of this Benchmark. For example, an Admin not enrolled in 2-Step Verification can be remedied by implementing the Remediation procedure for the recommendation Ensure 2-Step Verification (Multi-Factor Authentication) is enforced for all users in administrative roles.

Properties

Operating systems: Any
Tags: google-workspacesaas
Reference: CIS Google Workspace Foundations Benchmark v1.4.0 - 5.1.1.2 Ensure the Security Report is reviewed regularly for anomalies