Bindplane to Google SecOps: What happens if SecOps Standardization is not applied or misconfigured

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Hi Everyone,Happy New Year 2026! 🎉I am new to Google SecOps and have a few questions regarding log ingestion via Bindplane, specifically around Google Secops standardization and log visibility.In our environment, we have Bindplane Gateways that collect logs from multiple Bindplane agents and forward the data to Google SecOps. While forwarding the logs, we apply the SecOps Standardization processor so that SecOps can assign a log type (metadata.log_type) and perform UDM field mapping using the appropriate parser.I am looking for clarification on the following scenarios: SecOps Standardization processor not appliedAre the logs still ingested and searchable in Google SecOps?	If searchable, what value is assigned to metadata.log_type in the SecOps console ?	Does this scenario only impact UDM parsing and detections, or can it affect ingestion itself?SecOps Standardization processor applied with an incorrect log type (Example: Windows event logs standardized as NIX_SYSTEM)Are these events still ingested and searchable in SecOps?	If searchable, does metadata.log_type reflect the configured (incorrect) value, such as NIX_SYSTEM?	Will the events fail parsing but still be visible as raw logs, or are they dropped at any stage of the ingestion pipeline?Based on my understanding, these scenarios should primarily impact parsing and UDM normalization.Any clarification or best practices would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your guidance and support.I’m new to Google SecOps and appreciate any clarification or best-practice recommendations from the community.

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Hi,1.The logs will not arrive to SecOps, and you will see some errors in the agent logs.2.The logs will arrive to SecOps, but they will probably not be parsed correctly.Recommendation:Before every connection, make sure to add the correct LOG_TYPE.If it is a public log source, you can validate it using the SecOps documentation.If it is a custom source, you can create your own log type.I strongly recommend reviewing the following guides:https://docs.bindplane.com/how-to-guides/google-secopshttps://docs.bindplane.com/how-to-guides/google-secops/using-google-secops-with-bindplane-best-practices

cmmartin_google · Answer

SecOps Standardization processor not applied

Are the logs still ingested and searchable in Google SecOps?

You would need to have applied a log_type in order to create a valid batch to send logs to SecOps in the first instance

If searchable, what value is assigned to metadata.log_type in the SecOps console ?

You can either set a log_type in the processor or in the exporter, so which ever of these was set (and the processor level supersedes the exporter)

Does this scenario only impact UDM parsing and detections, or can it affect ingestion itself?

Raw Logs to UDM Parsing occurs centrally, post Bindplane, is the log_type is a map to the parser to be used, so the above answers cover this.

SecOps Standardization processor applied with an incorrect log type (Example: Windows event logs standardized as NIX_SYSTEM)

Are these events still ingested and searchable in SecOps?

Yes

If searchable, does metadata.log_type reflect the configured (incorrect) value, such as NIX_SYSTEM?

If you ingested Windows Event Log with the `metadata.log_type` of NIX_SYSTEM you would need to search using that log_type; however, there is a (high) change the logs are unparsed as you are sending JSON or XML to a parser that expects another format.

Will the events fail parsing but still be visible as raw logs, or are they dropped at any stage of the ingestion pipeline?

Yes, they will be visible as raw logs

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