Create a BigQuery export configuration

Export findings from a project to a BigQuery dataset by creating an export configuration.

Code sample

Java

To authenticate to Security Command Center, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.securitycenter.v1.BigQueryExport;
import com.google.cloud.securitycenter.v1.CreateBigQueryExportRequest;
import com.google.cloud.securitycenter.v1.SecurityCenterClient;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.UUID;

public class CreateBigQueryExport {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // TODO(Developer): Modify the following variable values.

    // parent: Use any one of the following resource paths:
    //              - organizations/{organization_id}
    //              - folders/{folder_id}
    //              - projects/{project_id}
    String parent = String.format("projects/%s", "your-google-cloud-project-id");

    // filter: Expression that defines the filter to apply across create/update events of findings.
    String filter =
        "severity=\"LOW\" OR severity=\"MEDIUM\" AND "
            + "category=\"Persistence: IAM Anomalous Grant\" AND "
            + "-resource.type:\"compute\"";

    // bigQueryDatasetId: The BigQuery dataset to write findings' updates to.
    String bigQueryDatasetId = "your-bigquery-dataset-id";

    // bigQueryExportId: Unique identifier provided by the client.
    // For more info, see:
    // https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/how-to-analyze-findings-in-big-query#export_findings_from_to
    String bigQueryExportId = "default-" + UUID.randomUUID().toString().split("-")[0];

    createBigQueryExport(parent, filter, bigQueryDatasetId, bigQueryExportId);
  }

  // Create export configuration to export findings from a project to a BigQuery dataset.
  // Optionally specify filter to export certain findings only.
  public static void createBigQueryExport(
      String parent, String filter, String bigQueryDatasetId, String bigQueryExportId)
      throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
    // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (SecurityCenterClient client = SecurityCenterClient.create()) {

      // Create the BigQuery export configuration.
      BigQueryExport bigQueryExport =
          BigQueryExport.newBuilder()
              .setDescription(
                  "Export low and medium findings if the compute resource "
                      + "has an IAM anomalous grant")
              .setFilter(filter)
              .setDataset(String.format("%s/datasets/%s", parent, bigQueryDatasetId))
              .build();

      CreateBigQueryExportRequest bigQueryExportRequest =
          CreateBigQueryExportRequest.newBuilder()
              .setParent(parent)
              .setBigQueryExport(bigQueryExport)
              .setBigQueryExportId(bigQueryExportId)
              .build();

      // Create the export request.
      BigQueryExport response = client.createBigQueryExport(bigQueryExportRequest);

      System.out.printf("BigQuery export request created successfully: %s\n", response.getName());
    }
  }
}

Python

To authenticate to Security Command Center, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

def create_bigquery_export(
    parent: str, export_filter: str, bigquery_dataset_id: str, bigquery_export_id: str
):
    from google.cloud import securitycenter

    """
    Create export configuration to export findings from a project to a BigQuery dataset.
    Optionally specify filter to export certain findings only.

    Args:
        parent: Use any one of the following resource paths:
             - organizations/{organization_id}
             - folders/{folder_id}
             - projects/{project_id}
        export_filter: Expression that defines the filter to apply across create/update events of findings.
        bigquery_dataset_id: The BigQuery dataset to write findings' updates to.
        bigquery_export_id: Unique identifier provided by the client.
             - example id: f"default-{str(uuid.uuid4()).split('-')[0]}"
        For more info, see:
        https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/how-to-analyze-findings-in-big-query#export_findings_from_to
    """
    client = securitycenter.SecurityCenterClient()

    # Create the BigQuery export configuration.
    bigquery_export = securitycenter.BigQueryExport()
    bigquery_export.description = "Export low and medium findings if the compute resource has an IAM anomalous grant"
    bigquery_export.filter = export_filter
    bigquery_export.dataset = f"{parent}/datasets/{bigquery_dataset_id}"

    request = securitycenter.CreateBigQueryExportRequest()
    request.parent = parent
    request.big_query_export = bigquery_export
    request.big_query_export_id = bigquery_export_id

    # Create the export request.
    response = client.create_big_query_export(request)

    print(f"BigQuery export request created successfully: {response.name}\n")

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