# Community Security Analytics (CSA)

Community Security Analytics (CSA) is a Threat Hunting product. It runs in the cloud. Pricing is free.

A community-driven repository of pre-built security analytics queries and rules for monitoring and detecting threats in Google Cloud environments across various log sources and activity types.

Checked October 2026.

## What is Community Security Analytics (CSA)?

Community Security Analytics (CSA) is a community-driven repository of security analytics designed for organizations modernizing their security operations in Google Cloud environments.

The repository provides pre-built queries and rules that enable detection engineers, threat hunters, and data governance analysts to analyze various Google Cloud log sources including Cloud Audit logs, VPC Flow logs, and DNS logs.

CSA includes multiple query formats to support different analytics platforms:
- YARA-L rules for Google Security Operations
- SQL queries for BigQuery
- SQL queries for Log Analytics

The security analytics are organized into six main categories based on activity types and log sources:
- Login & Access Patterns for authentication monitoring
- IAM, Keys & Secrets Admin Activity for identity management oversight
- Cloud Provisioning Activity for infrastructure changes
- Cloud Workload Usage for compute resource monitoring
- Data Usage for data access and manipulation tracking
- Network Activity for network traffic analysis

The repository serves as a foundational baseline that organizations can use to establish security monitoring capabilities for their Google Cloud infrastructure using either cloud-native tools or third-party analytics platforms.

Tags: GCP, SQL, Open Source, YARA

## Where it fits in your security program (NIST CSF 2.0)

- [Detect](https://cybersectools.com/guides/building-detect-program-small-team): helps you spot attacks and unusual activity.

## Quick facts

- Category: [Security Operations](https://cybersectools.com/categories/security-operations) · [Threat Hunting](https://cybersectools.com/categories/threat-hunting)
- Deployment: Cloud
- Company size fit: SMB, Mid-Market, Enterprise
- Pricing model: Free
- GitHub stars: 366
- Website: github.com

## Where it ranks

No shortlist covers this product's category yet. The closest is [Best MDR Solutions for Business](https://cybersectools.com/shortlists/best-mdr-solutions).

## Community Security Analytics (CSA) FAQ

### What is Community Security Analytics (CSA)?

Community Security Analytics (CSA) is a product in the Threat Hunting category. It covers GCP, SQL and Open Source.

### What is the pricing for Community Security Analytics (CSA)?

Community Security Analytics (CSA) is free. Download and setup instructions are at https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics/.

### What are alternatives to Community Security Analytics (CSA)?

Alternatives to Community Security Analytics (CSA) listed on CybersecTools:

1. [Managed Agentic Threat Hunting](https://cybersectools.com/tools/managed-agentic-threat-hunting) - Managed Agentic Threat Hunting Service (IOC sweeps and hypothesis based hunting) (Commercial)
2. [Elastic Search AI Platform](https://cybersectools.com/tools/elastic-search-ai-platform) - Search AI platform with vector database for logs, threat hunting, and AI apps (Commercial)
3. [Stairwell](https://cybersectools.com/tools/stairwell) - File analysis & threat intel search engine for SOC and IR teams. (Commercial)
4. [Akamai Hunt](https://cybersectools.com/tools/akamai-hunt) - Managed threat hunting service detecting evasive threats in network environments (Commercial)
5. [Cybereason Threat Hunting](https://cybersectools.com/tools/cybereason-threat-hunting) - Proactive threat hunting platform for detecting and investigating attacks (Commercial)

Compare all Community Security Analytics (CSA) alternatives at [https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/community-security-analytics-csa](https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/community-security-analytics-csa)

### What deployment and organization size does Community Security Analytics (CSA) fit?

Community Security Analytics (CSA) is available as a cloud service. It is listed for small businesses, mid-market companies and enterprises. It is free.

## Compare Community Security Analytics (CSA) with similar solutions

- [Community Security Analytics (CSA) vs Managed Agentic Threat Hunting](https://cybersectools.com/compare/community-security-analytics-csa-vs-managed-agentic-threat-hunting)
- [Community Security Analytics (CSA) vs Elastic Search AI Platform](https://cybersectools.com/compare/community-security-analytics-csa-vs-elastic-search-ai-platform)
- [Community Security Analytics (CSA) vs Stairwell](https://cybersectools.com/compare/community-security-analytics-csa-vs-stairwell)

All alternatives to Community Security Analytics (CSA): [/alternatives/community-security-analytics-csa](https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/community-security-analytics-csa)

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