Triage and Remediation
Remediation
Using Console
Using Console
Sure, here are the step-by-step instructions to remediate the KMS Encryption Keys Rotation issue in GCP using the GCP console:
- Open the Google Cloud Console and select the project in which the KMS key is created.
- In the left navigation menu, click on the “Security” option and select “Encryption keys” from the drop-down menu.
- Select the KMS key for which you want to enable rotation.
- Click on the “Edit” button at the top of the page.
- In the “Edit key” dialog box, scroll down to the “Rotation” section.
- Toggle the switch for “Automatic key rotation” to “On”.
- Set the “Rotation period” to a desired value. It is recommended to rotate the key once a year.
- Click on the “Save” button to save the changes.
Using CLI
Using CLI
To remediate the KMS Encryption Keys rotation issue in GCP using GCP CLI, you can follow the below steps:Replace [KEY_NAME], [LOCATION], and [KEYRING_NAME] with the actual values of the key that needs to be rotated.This command will display the details of the key, including the rotation period.
- Open the Google Cloud Console and select the project in which you want to remediate the issue.
- Open the Cloud Shell by clicking on the icon located at the top right corner of the console.
- Run the following command to list all the KMS encryption keys in your project:
- Identify the key that needs to be rotated.
- Run the following command to rotate the key:
- Confirm the rotation by running the following command:
- Repeat steps 5 and 6 for all the KMS encryption keys that need to be rotated.
Using Python
Using Python
To remediate this issue in GCP using Python, you can follow these steps:Note: Replace
- Install the necessary libraries:
- Authenticate with the GCP project:
- Retrieve the list of KMS keys in the project:
- For each key, check the creation time and determine if it needs to be rotated:
- Finally, delete the old key versions:
project_id
, location_id
, and key_ring_id
with the appropriate values for your GCP project. Also, make sure that the service account used for authentication has the necessary permissions to manage KMS keys.