Policy: GCP > CIS v5.0 > 1 - Identity and Access Management > 1.17 - Ensure Essential Contacts is Configured for Organization > Attestation

By setting this policy, you attest that you have manually verified that it complies with the relevant section of the CIS Benchmark.

From Google Cloud Console

1. Go to Essential Contacts by visiting https://console.cloud.google.com/iam-admin/essential-contacts 2. Make sure the organization appears in the resource selector at the top of the page. The resource selector tells you what project, folder, or organization you are currently managing contacts for. 3. Ensure that appropriate email addresses are configured for each of the following notification categories: Legal, Security, Suspension and Technical. Alternatively, appropriate email addresses can be configured for the All notification category to receive all possible important notifications.

From Google Cloud CLI

1. To list all configured organization Essential Contacts run a command:

gcloud essential-contacts list --organization=<ORGANIZATION_ID>

2. Ensure at least one appropriate email address is configured for each of the following notification categories: LEGAL, SECURITY, SUSPENSION and TECHNICAL. Alternatively, appropriate email addresses can be configured for the ALL notification category.

Once verified, enter the date that this attestation expires. Note that the date can not be further in the future than is specified in GCP > CIS v5.0 > 1 - Identity and Access Management > Maximum Attestation Duration, which by default follows GCP > CIS v5.0 > Maximum Attestation Duration. Set to a blank value to clear the attestation.