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GCP Audit Logs - DNSSEC Disabled on Managed DNS Zone
Description
'Detects when DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions) is disabled on a Google Cloud DNS managed zone.
DNSSEC provides cryptographic authentication of DNS data, preventing DNS spoofing and cache poisoning attacks.
Adversaries may disable DNSSEC to enable DNS-based command and control, phishing campaigns, or
to redirect traffic to malicious infrastructure without cryptographic validation.
This rule monitors DNS zone patch operations where DNSSEC state changes from ON to OFF.'
- Rule type
- Scheduled
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Declared status
- Available
- Query frequency
- 1h
- Query period
- 1h
- Trigger
- gt 0
Declared MITRE coverage
Declared sources
Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.
Connectors
Data types
KQL query
Original query, unchanged.
GCPAuditLogs
| where ServiceName == "dns.googleapis.com"
| where MethodName in ("dns.managedZones.update", "dns.managedZones.patch")
| where GCPResourceType == "dns_managed_zone" and Severity == "NOTICE"
| extend
ResponseJson = parse_json(Response),
RequestMetadataJson = parse_json(RequestMetadata),
AuthInfoJson = parse_json(AuthenticationInfo)
| extend ZoneContext = ResponseJson.operation.zoneContext
| where isnotempty(ZoneContext)
| extend
OldDnsSecState = tostring(ZoneContext.oldValue.dnssecConfig.state),
NewDnsSecState = tostring(ZoneContext.newValue.dnssecConfig.state)
| where OldDnsSecState == "ON" and NewDnsSecState == "OFF"
| extend
ManagedZoneName = extract(@"managedZones/([^/]+)", 1, GCPResourceName),
DnsName = tostring(ResponseJson.managedZone.dnsName),
ZoneId = tostring(ResponseJson.managedZone.id),
ZoneDescription = tostring(ResponseJson.managedZone.description),
Visibility = tostring(ResponseJson.managedZone.visibility),
OperationId = tostring(ResponseJson.operation.id),
CallerIpAddress = tostring(RequestMetadataJson.callerIp),
AuthEmail = tostring(AuthInfoJson.principalEmail)
| extend
AccountName = tostring(split(PrincipalEmail, "@")[0]),
AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(PrincipalEmail, "@")[1])
| project TimeGenerated,
PrincipalEmail,
AuthEmail,
ProjectId,
ManagedZoneName,
DnsName,
ResourceName = GCPResourceName,
Visibility,
ZoneId,
ZoneDescription,
OperationId,
CallerIpAddress,
MethodName,
ServiceName,
Severity,
LogName,
InsertId,
AccountName,
AccountUPNSuffix
Declared entities
Related content
Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.
Source provenance
GitHubDisplayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.
- Commit
9800e51↗- Source identifier
9129a43e-e204-4a9a-969e-d8861ce3437c
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING
Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC