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Configure the Google Alert Center Cloud Collector

Set up the Google Alert Center Cloud Collector to continuously collect the security alerts about suspicious activity in your company's Google accounts—such as unusual login attempts, potential phishing emails, and risky file sharing—without reading your actual private messages.

  1. Before you configure the Google Alert Center Cloud Collector, ensure that you complete the prerequisites.

  2. Log in to the New-Scale Security Operations Platform with your registered credentials as an administrator.

  3. Navigate to Collectors > Cloud Collectors.

  4. Click New Collector.

  5. Click Google Alert Center Cloud Collector.

  6. Enter the following information for the cloud collector.

    • NAME – Specify a name for the Cloud Collector instance.

    • ACCOUNT – Click Accounts to add a new service account. You can use this account information for use across one or more Google Cloud Collectors.

      For more information, see Add Accounts for Google Cloud Collectors in Sharable Service Accounts.

    • ADMIN USERNAME – Enter the administrator's user name of your service account. For example, [email protected].

    • INGEST FROM – Select the time and date from which the collector must start ingesting events.

  7. (Optional) SITE – Select an existing site or to create a new site with a unique ID, click manage your sites. Adding a site name helps you to ensure efficient management of environments with overlapping IP addresses.

    By entering a site name, you associate the logs with a specific independent site. A sitename metadata field is automatically added to all the events that are going to be ingested via this collector. For more information about Site Management, see Define a Unique Site Name.

  8. (Optional) TIMEZONE – Select a time zone applicable to you for accurate detections and event monitoring.

    By entering a time zone, you override the default log time zone. A timezone metadata field is automatically added to all events ingested through this collector.

    A cloud collector determines whether Daylight Saving Time (DST) is active based on the current date and automatically adjusts the time by adding or subtracting one hour, ensuring more accurate time reporting.

  9. To confirm that the New-Scale Security Operations Platform communicates with the service, click Test Connection. 

  10. Click Install.

    A confirmation message informs you that the new Cloud Collector is created.