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GCP log monitoring and reporting with Log360

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) hosts critical workloads and data for modern businesses. With Log360’s GCP integration, you can centralize the collection, normalization, and analysis of logs from multiple GCP services in one console. This enables IT and security teams to track user activity, monitor configuration changes, and detect unusual behavior across your cloud resources in real time.

How Log360 collects and processes GCP logs

Log360 connects to GCP using supported export and API-based mechanisms. Logs from Cloud Audit, VPC Flow, and service-specific event streams are securely ingested into Log360. Each event is parsed and classified according to its source service and event type, then enriched with contextual details such as user, IP address, and resource identifiers. This structured approach enables advanced filtering, correlation, and historical analysis.

Types of GCP logs collected

Log360 collects and processes different types of logs from GCP, including:

User activity: Login attempts, failed authentications, and permission-denied actions.
IAM: Role changes, permission updates, and IAM errors.
Network security: Security policy and SSL policy modifications.
VPC activity: Network and subnet changes, firewall rule updates, and route changes.
Compute: VM instance changes, disk and snapshot activity, and health check updates.
Cloud functions and app engine: Deployment and configuration changes.
Google storage: Bigtable, Cloud Storage, SQL, Spanner, Redis, and Filestore changes.
Resource management: Service configuration and resource management events.

Key monitoring and analysis capabilities

Once logs are ingested, Log360 enables:

Centralized cloud visibility: View events from multiple GCP projects in one console.
Real-time alerting: Receive instant notifications for failed logins, policy modifications, firewall changes, or resource deletions.
Prebuilt dashboards and reports: Track authentication trends, configuration activity, and resource health without custom setup.
Advanced search and filtering: Locate specific events quickly using filters for service, event type, severity, user, or IP.
Cross-platform correlation: Combine GCP logs with on-premises and other cloud data to detect multi-vector attacks.
Long-term retention: Archive GCP event history for compliance and forensic needs.

Tackle GCP monitoring challenges with Log360

Challenge	How Log360 helps
Dispersed GCP event data across multiple projects and services.	Aggregate logs from all GCP projects and services into a single, unified monitoring console for complete visibility.
Manual log review slows down incident detection.	Automate parsing and classification of GCP events into actionable dashboards, reports, and alerts.
Missed signs of security threats or policy misconfigurations.	Trigger real-time alerts for suspicious logins, IAM role changes, firewall updates, and policy modifications.
Difficulty correlating cloud and on-premises events.	Correlate GCP logs with other cloud and on-premises sources to detect multi-stage attacks or unusual patterns.
Meeting compliance requirements for cloud workloads.	Generate scheduled, tamper-proof audit reports covering user activity, configuration changes, and access trends.
Limited context when investigating incidents.	Enrich GCP logs with user, IP, and resource metadata to accelerate root-cause analysis and forensic investigations.

Key benefits

Detect and respond to anomalous activities such as privilege escalation, suspicious logins, or unauthorized policy changes.
Generate scheduled, tamper-proof reports to satisfy audit requirements for frameworks like ISO 27001, SOC 2, the PCI DSS, HIPAA, and more.
Proactively identify misconfigurations, network issues, or resource performance concerns before they impact services.