Google Workspace MFA Enforcement Disabled

Last updated a year ago on 2024-09-23

Created 5 years ago on 2020-11-17

About

Detects when multi-factor authentication (MFA) enforcement is disabled for Google Workspace users. An adversary may disable MFA enforcement in order to weaken an organization’s security controls.

Tags

Domain: CloudData Source: Google WorkspaceUse Case: Configuration AuditTactic: ImpactLanguage: kuery

Severity

medium

Risk Score

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)

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*
Related Integrations: google_workspace(external, opens in a new tab or window)
Query

✄𐘗text code block:
✄𐘗event.dataset:google_workspace.admin and event.provider:admin
  and event.category:iam and event.action:ENFORCE_STRONG_AUTHENTICATION
  and google_workspace.admin.new_value:false

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Google Workspace MFA Enforcement Disabled 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).