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1.16 Ensure Essential Contacts is Configured for Organization (Manual)​

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This rule has been changed to manual, see Manual Rules for CIS GCP 1.3.0 for details.

Profile Applicability​

• Level 1

Description​

It is recommended that Essential Contacts is configured to designate email addresses for Google Cloud services to notify of important technical or security information.

Rationale​

Many Google Cloud services, such as Cloud Billing, send out notifications to share important information with Google Cloud users. By default, these notifications are sent to members with certain Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles. With Essential Contacts, you can customize who receives notifications by providing your own list of contacts.

Impact​

There is no charge for Essential Contacts.

Audit​

From Console:

  1. Go to Essential Contacts by visiting https://console.cloud.google.com/iam-admin/essential-contacts
  2. Make sure the organization appears in the resource selector at the top of the page. The resource selector tells you what project, folder, or organization you are currently managing contacts for.
  3. Ensure that appropriate email addresses are configured for each of the following notification categories:
  • Legal
  • Security
  • Suspension
  • Technical
  • Technical Incidents

Alternatively, appropriate email addresses can be configured for the All notification category to receive all possible important notifications.

From Command Line:

  1. To list all configured organization Essential Contacts run a command:
gcloud essential-contacts list --organization=<ORGANIZATION_ID>
  1. Ensure at least one appropriate email address is configured for each of the following notification categories:
  • LEGAL
  • SECURITY
  • SUSPENSION
  • TECHNICAL
  • TECHNICAL_INCIDENTS

Alternatively, appropriate email addresses can be configured for the ALL notification category to receive all possible important notifications.

Remediation​

From Console:

  1. Go to Essential Contacts by visiting https://console.cloud.google.com/iam-admin/essential-contacts
  2. Make sure the organization appears in the resource selector at the top of the page. The resource selector tells you what project, folder, or organization you are currently managing contacts for.
  3. Click +Add contact
  4. In the Email and Confirm Email fields, enter the email address of the contact.
  5. From the Notification categories drop-down menu, select the notification categories that you want the contact to receive communications for.
  6. Click Save

From Command Line:

  1. To add an organization Essential Contacts run a command:
gcloud essential-contacts create --email="<EMAIL>" \
 --notification-categories="<NOTIFICATION_CATEGORIES>" \
 --organization=<ORGANIZATION_ID>

References​

https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/managing-notification-contacts