Alternatives to Google Cloud Platform’s Policy Intelligence
Blog post from P0 Security
As of January 15, 2024, Google's Policy Intelligence will be integrated into the Security Command Center SKU, prompting security teams using Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to consider upgrading or seeking alternatives due to changes in the availability of features like IAM Recommender and Policy Analyzer. While recommendations for basic roles remain free, those for non-basic and custom roles will be limited to the premium SKU, and the free tier of Policy Analyzer will restrict daily queries to 20. Security professionals face the decision of upgrading, which involves varying costs based on usage and contracts, or exploring third-party vendors like Wiz, Orca, or Ermetic, which offer additional capabilities such as workload protection and cloud misconfiguration detection but may not be cost-effective or necessary for all users. P0 presents a viable free alternative, offering comprehensive features including risk-weighted permissions, contextual data views, and secure service account key monitoring. P0 also simplifies IAM configuration changes by allowing direct action from findings and initiating workflows to notify principals about changes, thereby addressing the need to manage permissions without disrupting services.