Create a finding

Demonstrates how to create a new finding

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Code sample

Go

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

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"time"

	securitycenter "cloud.google.com/go/securitycenter/apiv1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/securitycenter/apiv1/securitycenterpb"
	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes"
)

// createFinding demonstrates how to create a new security finding in CSCC.
// sourceName is the full resource name of the source the finding should
// be associated with.
func createFinding(w io.Writer, sourceName string) error {
	// sourceName := "organizations/111122222444/sources/1234"
	// Instantiate a context and a security service client to make API calls.
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := securitycenter.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("securitycenter.NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close() // Closing the client safely cleans up background resources.
	// Use now as the eventTime for the security finding.
	eventTime, err := ptypes.TimestampProto(time.Now())
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("TimestampProto: %w", err)
	}

	req := &securitycenterpb.CreateFindingRequest{
		Parent:    sourceName,
		FindingId: "samplefindingid",
		Finding: &securitycenterpb.Finding{
			State: securitycenterpb.Finding_ACTIVE,
			// Resource the finding is associated with. This is an
			// example any resource identifier can be used.
			ResourceName: "//cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/organizations/11232",
			// A free-form category.
			Category: "MEDIUM_RISK_ONE",
			// The time associated with discovering the issue.
			EventTime: eventTime,
		},
	}
	finding, err := client.CreateFinding(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("CreateFinding: %w", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "New finding created: %s\n", finding.Name)
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Event time (Epoch Seconds): %d\n", eventTime.Seconds)
	return nil
}

Java

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static Finding createFinding(SourceName sourceName, String findingId) {
  try (SecurityCenterClient client = SecurityCenterClient.create()) {
    // SourceName sourceName = SourceName.of(/*organization=*/"123234324",/*source=*/
    // "423432321");
    // String findingId = "samplefindingid";

    // Use the current time as the finding "event time".
    Instant eventTime = Instant.now();

    // The resource this finding applies to.  The CSCC UI can link
    // the findings for a resource to the corresponding Asset of a resource
    // if there are matches.
    String resourceName = "//cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/organizations/11232";

    // Start setting up a request to create a finding in a source.
    Finding finding =
        Finding.newBuilder()
            .setParent(sourceName.toString())
            .setState(State.ACTIVE)
            .setResourceName(resourceName)
            .setEventTime(
                Timestamp.newBuilder()
                    .setSeconds(eventTime.getEpochSecond())
                    .setNanos(eventTime.getNano()))
            .setCategory("MEDIUM_RISK_ONE")
            .build();

    // Call the API.
    Finding response = client.createFinding(sourceName, findingId, finding);

    System.out.println("Created Finding: " + response);
    return response;
  } catch (IOException e) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Couldn't create client.", e);
  }
}

Node.js

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

// Imports the Google Cloud client library.
const {SecurityCenterClient} = require('@google-cloud/security-center');

// Creates a new client.
const client = new SecurityCenterClient();
// sourceName is the full resource name of the source the finding should
// be associated with.
/*
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment the following lines
 */
// const sourceName = "organizations/111122222444/sources/1234";

// Use now as the eventTime for the security finding.
const eventTime = new Date();
async function createFinding() {
  const [newFinding] = await client.createFinding({
    parent: sourceName,
    findingId: 'samplefindingid',
    finding: {
      state: 'ACTIVE',
      // Resource the finding is associated with.  This is an
      // example any resource identifier can be used.
      resourceName:
        '//cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/organizations/11232',
      // A free-form category.
      category: 'MEDIUM_RISK_ONE',
      // The time associated with discovering the issue.
      eventTime: {
        seconds: Math.floor(eventTime.getTime() / 1000),
        nanos: (eventTime.getTime() % 1000) * 1e6,
      },
    },
  });
  console.log('New finding created: %j', newFinding);
}
createFinding();

Python

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import datetime

from google.cloud import securitycenter
from google.cloud.securitycenter_v1 import Finding

# Create a new client.
client = securitycenter.SecurityCenterClient()

# Use the current time as the finding "event time".
event_time = datetime.datetime.now(tz=datetime.timezone.utc)

# 'source_name' is the resource path for a source that has been
# created previously (you can use list_sources to find a specific one).
# Its format is:
# source_name = "organizations/{organization_id}/sources/{source_id}"
# e.g.:
# source_name = "organizations/111122222444/sources/1234"

# The resource this finding applies to.  The CSCC UI can link
# the findings for a resource to the corresponding Asset of a resource
# if there are matches.
resource_name = "//cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/organizations/11232"

finding = Finding(
    state=Finding.State.ACTIVE,
    resource_name=resource_name,
    category="MEDIUM_RISK_ONE",
    event_time=event_time,
)

# Call The API.
created_finding = client.create_finding(
    request={"parent": source_name, "finding_id": finding_id, "finding": finding}
)
print(created_finding)

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