Elastic Security Detection Rules

Google Workspace MFA Enforcement Disabled For Organization

Last updated 25 days ago on 2026-06-01
Created 6 years ago on 2020-11-17

About

Detects when an administrator disables multi-factor authentication enforcement or removes the ability for users to enroll in 2-step verification across a Google Workspace organization or organizational unit. Adversaries with administrative access may weaken tenant-wide authentication requirements to enable password-only sign-ins, facilitate credential abuse at scale, and reduce friction for follow-on account takeover across the domain.
Tags
Domain: CloudData Source: Google WorkspaceUse Case: Configuration AuditTactic: ImpactTactic: Credential AccessTactic: Defense EvasionTactic: PersistenceLanguage: kuery
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

Impact (TA0040)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Account Access Removal (T1531)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Credential Access (TA0006)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Modify Authentication Process (T1556)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Defense Evasion (TA0005)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Modify Authentication Process (T1556)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Persistence (TA0003)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Modify Authentication Process (T1556)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

False Positive Examples
MFA policies may be modified by system administrators. Verify that the configuration change was expected. Exceptions can be added to this rule to filter expected behavior.
License
Elastic License v2(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Query (Kibana Query Language)
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
filebeat-*logs-google_workspace.admin-*
Related Integrations

google_workspace(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Query
text code block:
data_stream.dataset:google_workspace.admin
  and event.action:(ENFORCE_STRONG_AUTHENTICATION or ALLOW_STRONG_AUTHENTICATION)
  and google_workspace.admin.new_value:false

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Google Workspace MFA Enforcement Disabled For Organization in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(external, opens in a new tab or window).