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Chronicle Security Operations

Google Cloud security analytics platform that provides threat detection, investigation, and response using Google infrastructure and intelligence.

Security OperationsAlso called: "google chronicle", "chronicle siem"

Chronicle is Google's cloud-native security operations platform, leveraging Google infrastructure for massive-scale log analysis.

Key capabilities

Log ingestion: Petabyte-scale data storage and search.
Detection: Rules engine with YARA-L detection language.
Investigation: Unified timeline view of entities and events.
Threat intelligence: Integrated Google and VirusTotal intelligence.
SOAR: Automated response workflows.

Chronicle components

Chronicle SIEM: Log management and detection.
Chronicle SOAR: Security orchestration and automation.
Threat Intelligence: Curated threat feeds.

Data sources

Google Cloud audit and flow logs.
Workspace (Gmail, Drive) security logs.
Third-party security products.
Custom log sources via ingestion API.

Integration with GCP

Security Command Center findings.
Cloud Audit Logs ingestion.
VPC Flow Logs analysis.
Google Workspace security events.

Unique advantages

Fixed pricing regardless of data volume.
12-month hot data retention standard.
Google-scale search performance.
Pre-built detection rules and parsers.

Use cases

Threat hunting across massive datasets.
Incident investigation and response.
Compliance log retention.
Security operations center (SOC) modernization.

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