More Info:

Buckets should have Lifecycle Rules Configured for smooth operation, like deletion of old non-concurrent objects.

Risk Level

Low

Address

Operational Maturity, Security

Compliance Standards

SOC2, PCIDSS

Triage and Remediation

Remediation

To remediate the misconfiguration “Buckets Should Have Lifecycle Rules Configured” for GCP using GCP console, you can follow the below steps:

  1. Log in to the GCP console using your credentials.

  2. Navigate to the Cloud Storage section by clicking on the hamburger menu on the top left corner and selecting “Storage” under the “Storage” section.

  3. Select the bucket that needs to be remediated from the bucket list.

  4. Click on the “Lifecycle” tab on the left-hand side menu.

  5. Click on the “Add rule” button.

  6. Choose the object condition for applying the lifecycle rule. You can choose options like “Age”, “Created before”, “Matches prefix” and “Matches regex” to apply the rule.

  7. Set the action to be taken on the object when the rule is met. You can choose options like “Delete”, “Archive” and “Set storage class”.

  8. Set the duration for which the rule should be applied. You can choose options like “Days”, “Weeks”, “Months” and “Years”.

  9. Click on the “Create” button to create the lifecycle rule.

  10. Verify the rule by checking if it is listed under the “Lifecycle” tab for the bucket.

By following these steps, the misconfiguration “Buckets Should Have Lifecycle Rules Configured” for GCP can be remediated using the GCP console.