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# Google Workspace automation was created
### Synopsis
| Field | Value |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Activation Period | 14 Days |
| Training Period | 30 Days |
| Test Period | N/A (single event) |
| Deduplication Period | 1 Day |
| Required Data | Google Workspace Audit Logs |
| Detection Modules | Identity Threat Module |
| Detector Tags | Google Workspace |
| ATT\&CK Tactic | Execution (TA0002), Persistence (TA0003), Exfiltration (TA0010) |
| ATT\&CK Technique | Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059), Event Triggered Execution (T1546), Automated Exfiltration (T1020) |
| Severity | Informational |
### Description
Google Workspace automation was created.
### Attacker's Goals
Adversaries may create automations to maintain persistence, execute malicious code, or exfiltrate data automatically.
### Investigative actions
* Verify if the automation creation was authorized and expected for this user.
* Investigate the automation logic to determine if it is malicious.
* Investigate other suspicious activities performed by the user around the same timeframe.
### Variations
Google Workspace automation was created for a public document
**Synopsis**
| Field | Value |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| ATT\&CK Tactic | Execution (TA0002), Persistence (TA0003), Exfiltration (TA0010) |
| ATT\&CK Technique | Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059), Event Triggered Execution (T1546), Automated Exfiltration (T1020) |
| Severity | Low |
**Description**
Google Workspace automation was created.
* The document that the automation was created for is publicly shared.
**Attacker's Goals**
Adversaries may create automations to maintain persistence, execute malicious code, or exfiltrate data automatically.
**Investigative actions**
* Verify if the automation creation was authorized and expected for this user.
* Investigate the automation logic to determine if it is malicious.
* Investigate other suspicious activities performed by the user around the same timeframe.
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