List findings by time

Demonstrates how to list findings for specific points in time

Code sample

Go

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

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

// listFindingsAtTime prints findings that where present for a specific source
// as of five days ago to w. sourceName is the full resource name of the
// source to search for findings under.
func listFindingsAtTime(w io.Writer, sourceName string) error {
	// Specific source:
	// 		sourceName := "{parent}/sources/{sourceId}"
	// All sources:
	// 		sourceName := "{parent}/sources/-"
	// where,
	// Parent must be in one of the following formats:
	//		"organizations/{orgId}"
	//		"projects/{projectId}"
	//		"folders/{folderId}"
	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.
	fiveDaysAgo, err := ptypes.TimestampProto(time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, -5))
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Error converting five days ago: %w", err)
	}

	req := &securitycenterpb.ListFindingsRequest{
		Parent:   sourceName,
		ReadTime: fiveDaysAgo,
	}
	it := client.ListFindings(ctx, req)
	for {
		result, err := it.Next()
		if err == iterator.Done {
			break
		}
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("it.Next: %w", err)
		}
		finding := result.Finding
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Finding Name: %s, ", finding.Name)
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Resource Name %s, ", finding.ResourceName)
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Category: %s\n", finding.Category)
	}
	return nil
}

Java

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static ImmutableList<ListFindingsResult> listFindingsAtTime(SourceName sourceName) {
  try (SecurityCenterClient client = SecurityCenterClient.create()) {
    // parentId: must be one of the following:
    //    "organization-id"
    //    "project-id"
    //    "folder-id"
    // SourceName sourceName = SourceName.of(parentId, sourceId);

    // 5 days ago
    Instant fiveDaysAgo = Instant.now().minus(Duration.ofDays(5));

    ListFindingsRequest.Builder request =
        ListFindingsRequest.newBuilder()
            .setParent(sourceName.toString())
            .setReadTime(
                Timestamp.newBuilder()
                    .setSeconds(fiveDaysAgo.getEpochSecond())
                    .setNanos(fiveDaysAgo.getNano()));

    // Call the API.
    ListFindingsPagedResponse response = client.listFindings(request.build());

    // This creates one list for all findings.  If your organization has a large number of
    // findings this can cause out of memory issues.  You can process them in incrementally
    // by returning the Iterable returned response.iterateAll() directly.
    ImmutableList<ListFindingsResult> results = ImmutableList.copyOf(response.iterateAll());
    System.out.println("Findings:");
    System.out.println(results);
    return results;
  } catch (IOException e) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Couldn't create client.", e);
  }
}

Node.js

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

// Creates a new client.
const client = new SecurityCenterClient();
// sourceName is the fully qualified source name to search for findings
// under.
/*
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment the following lines
 */
// const sourceName = `${parent}/sources/${sourceId}`;
// where,
// parent: must be in one of the following formats:
//    `organizations/${organization_id}`
//    `projects/${project_id}`
//    `folders/${folder_id}`
const fiveDaysAgo = new Date();
fiveDaysAgo.setDate(fiveDaysAgo.getDate() - 5);

async function listFindingsAtTime() {
  const [response] = await client.listFindings({
    // List findings across all sources.
    parent: sourceName,
    //commented readTime as it is not supported, refer below link
    //https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/release-notes#April_15_2024
    // readTime: {
    //   seconds: Math.floor(fiveDaysAgo.getTime() / 1000),
    //   nanos: (fiveDaysAgo.getTime() % 1000) * 1e6,
    // },
  });
  let count = 0;
  Array.from(response).forEach(result =>
    console.log(
      `${++count} ${result.finding.name} ${result.finding.resourceName}`
    )
  );
}
listFindingsAtTime();

Python

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

from datetime import datetime, timedelta

from google.cloud import securitycenter

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

# '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 = f"{parent}/sources/{source_id}"
# 'parent' must be in one of the following formats:
#   "organizations/{organization_id}"
#   "projects/{project_id}"
#   "folders/{folder_id}"
# You an also use a wild-card "-" for all sources:
#   source_name = "organizations/111122222444/sources/-"
five_days_ago = str(datetime.now() - timedelta(days=5))

finding_result_iterator = client.list_findings(
    request={"parent": source_name, "filter": five_days_ago}
)
for i, finding_result in enumerate(finding_result_iterator):
    print(
        "{}: name: {} resource: {}".format(
            i, finding_result.finding.name, finding_result.finding.resource_name
        )
    )

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