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How do you ingest logs into Google SecOps?
Google SecOps supports several ingestion paths, and which one applies depends on whether logs are coming into the platform's own inbuilt SIEM pipeline or being routed in from a separate, third-party SIEM or tool.
| Method | Typical Use |
| Forwarders | Software agents deployed on-prem or in the cloud that collect and forward raw logs |
| Data feeds | Direct integrations that pull logs from a cloud service or API on a schedule |
| Ingestion API | Direct, programmatic log submission for custom integrations |
| SOAR connectors / webhooks | Ingesting alerts from third-party SIEMs or tools into the SOAR side |
Logs ingested through the inbuilt SIEM's forwarders and data feeds go through the full parsing and UDM normalization pipeline and are subject to the platform's own YARA-L detection rules; alerts ingested via SOAR connectors and webhooks (typically from an already-existing third-party SIEM) are visible in UDM search but do not undergo the inbuilt SIEM's detection rules, since they arrive as already-processed alerts rather than raw telemetry needing detection logic applied.
This distinction matters when deciding where to route a given log source: raw telemetry intended to benefit from Google SecOps's own detection engine and curated detections needs to go through the inbuilt SIEM ingestion path, not just the SOAR alert path.
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