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Date Published
Author
Eoin Hinchy
Word count
1125
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Businesses increasingly rely on G Suite, making the ability to detect and respond to suspicious activities crucial for security teams, who can leverage Google's comprehensive reporting and logging tools. However, transferring these logs to a centralized logging environment such as a SIEM can be complex, often requiring a software engineering project. The use of Tines offers a solution by automating the process of extracting logs from G Suite and forwarding them to an ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) for analysis and alerting. This process involves enabling the G Suite Admin SDK API, creating a service account, and setting up Tines credentials to authenticate G Suite access. It automates log fetching and conversion into individual events before sending them to Logstash and ELK, allowing security teams to index, search, and set alerts for suspicious behaviors without needing to write code. The integration of Tines streamlines security operations by providing a reliable and scalable method to handle G Suite data efficiently.