This document explains the role of reports in Google Security Operations and how they can be used to track performance, justify investments, and maintain transparency.
Reports are valuable for demonstrating Return on Investment (ROI) to upper management, ensuring accountability to customers, and keeping colleagues informed.
They also provide clear, data-driven insights that support better decision-making.
Google SecOps provides analysts with predefined reports and the
option to create custom ones. You can export and import reports to other
platforms.
The predefined reports include:
Management – SOC Status: A high-level overview of security operations for leadership.
Management – Closed Cases: A summary of resolved cases for performance tracking.
Tier 1 – Open Cases: A view of ongoing cases for Tier 1 analysts.
ROI – Analysts Benchmark: Metrics for evaluating analyst productivity and ROI.
Manage and work with reports
You can generate, schedule, customize, and manage reports in
Google SecOps to monitor SOC performance and demonstrate ROI.
Generate a report
Go toDashboards & Reports>SOAR Reports.
ClickGenerateunder theGenerate Reportcolumn.
In theGenerate reportdialog, select one or more of the following:Environments,Time Frame,File type(PDF or Word).
ClickDownload.
Schedule a report
Select the report you want to schedule.
Select theSchedulertab and clickaddAdd.
In theNew Scheduledialog, click theEnabletoggle to turn on scheduling and enter the required information.
ClickSave.
Add a new report
ClickaddAdd new template.
In theNew report templatedialog, enter a
name, and select aCategoryfrom the menu.
ClickCreate.
The new report appears in the list of reports.
Edit a report
In the list of reports, select the report you want to edit.
Select theEdittab and clickaddAdd.
Choose a format for your report:Editor,Pie Chart,Table, orVertical Bar. A dialog appears based on the selected format.
Enter the required information.
ClickSave.
Generate ROI reports
You can generate a report that shows the return on investment
(ROI) of using Google Security Operations.
To generate a report showing ROI, follow these steps:
Go toDashboards & Reports>SOAR Reports.
Clicklocal_atmLocal ATMand select a report.
Clicksmart_displaySmart Display.
In theGenerate report - Analysts Benchmarkdialog, select one or more of the following:Environments,Time Frame,File type(PDF or Word).
ClickDownload. A Word or PDF document showing the estimated savings from using
Google SecOps is downloaded to your desktop.
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