What do you dislike about Google Security Operations?
Their biggest challenge is the adaptation of their own rule-writing language YARA-L. Even for a time-series and log-based team (Splunk or Elastic), the Unified Data Model (UDM) introduced by Google has a rather steep learning curve in addition to the complexity of creating an analysis activity that relies on multiple attributes from multiple data sources to define a correlation rule. Another issue is native dashboarding/reporting. The visualization tools built in, seem a little constrained and simplistic. When management ask for a highly customised, visually appealing security report, generally, it's necessary to take the data out to a different BI application in order to create it right. Lastly, they come with a large number of default log sources but it can be a tedious (frustrating) task to write custom log parsers for homegrown, weird applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Recommendations to others considering Google Security Operations:
To improve the user experience, it would be beneficial to offer more comprehensive training resources for YARA-L and the Unified Data Model. Enhancing the native dashboarding capabilities to allow for more customization and advanced visualizations would also be advantageous. Additionally, simplifying the process of creating custom log parsers could significantly reduce the time and effort required for integration with unique applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What problems is Google Security Operations solving and how is that benefiting you?
data retention blind spots. Historical logs simply could not be maintained and kept active for long and made forensic investigations very difficult. Today, we have Petabytes of data that are hot and available for search. Recently, we found a complex and persistent credential stuffing operation, that was ongoing for multiple months. With YARA-L I was able to retrieve, within one minute, the complete attack history across our web portals and firewalls. It has lowered our MTTI to a very low level and taken away the stress of hitting ingestion limits during a large security incident. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.