CloudOps
SecOps
Flow Automation Highlights
Discovery of inactive service accounts: Mindflow automates the process of identifying inactive service accounts in Google Cloud by leveraging Wiz to scan and detect inactive users. This replaces manual, time-consuming, and often delayed audits with an efficient, systematic approach. Automation ensures that inactive accounts are quickly identified, reducing the vulnerability window that attackers could exploit and enhancing overall cloud security.
Issue tracking with Atlassian Jira: Once an inactive account is identified, Mindflow automates the creation of the problems in Atlassian Jira. This replaces the manual process of ticket creation, which can be slow and error-prone. By automating this step, Mindflow ensures that each security concern is tracked and managed efficiently, improving response times and the accountability of security teams.
Notification via Slack: Mindflow automates the notification process by sending alerts through Slack when an inactive account is found. This step replaces manual notifications, which can lead to delays or oversights in communication. By integrating Slack, Mindflow provides immediate updates to relevant teams, ensuring they can take swift action. This improves the overall speed and effectiveness of the security response, reducing the risk associated with inactive accounts.
Orchestration Toolbox
Wiz: In this use case, Wiz serves as the primary tool for scanning and identifying inactive service accounts within Google Cloud. It performs the initial analysis to detect security vulnerabilities associated with unused accounts, providing detailed findings that trigger the subsequent automated processes. By leveraging Wiz, Mindflow ensures comprehensive cloud security management, replacing manual reviews that can be less effective and more time-consuming.
Atlassian Jira: Jira is utilized to manage issues in this workflow. Once an inactive account is identified, Jira automatically generates a ticket that logs the issue, assigns it to the appropriate team, and tracks its resolution status. This automation replaces manual ticket creation and management, ensuring that every potential security risk is promptly addressed and documented, which enhances the overall efficiency of the security response process.
Slack: Slack is the communication channel in this scenario, sending instant alerts to notify relevant teams about detecting inactive service accounts. These notifications include high-level information and links to the corresponding Jira ticket, enabling quick access and response. This integration streamlines the communication process, ensuring that all team members are immediately informed and can act swiftly, thus reducing the response time compared to traditional email notifications.
Google Workspace Admin Directory: This tool is specifically used to manage and disable inactive service accounts detected in the Google Cloud. It allows for direct intervention to remediate the issues identified by Wiz, such as disabling accounts or updating security settings. Automating this task with Mindflow eliminates the need for manual account management, significantly reducing the risk of human error and enhancing the security posture of cloud environments.
