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Route security incident alerts to the right recipients

Automate the distribution of security alerts so that incidents reach the correct team or responder for each tenant, without manual forwarding.

Who it is forSecurity operations or IT teams managing multiple Workspace tenants.
APIsGmail API, Admin SDK
Typical scopesgmail.send, admin.directory.group.readonly

The problem

Critical security alerts often go unread or are misrouted, because forwarding rules and manual lists go stale as teams change. Delays in reaching the right people slow incident response.

How it works

  1. Fetch the up-to-date incident response group for each tenant using the Admin SDK.
  2. Receive or poll for security incident events from your SIEM or alerting platform.
  3. Send a tailored alert email to the current group members using the Gmail API and the appropriate tenant's sender address.
  4. Log delivery status for audit and follow-up.

What changes

Alerts are delivered directly to the people currently responsible, regardless of team or personnel changes, with a record of every delivery.

The trap in this one. When sending to Google Groups, the Gmail API does not guarantee immediate delivery to all group members. Group membership changes can take minutes to propagate, so a just-added responder may not receive the alert. Always fetch group membership at send time and consider direct delivery to each member if your SLA is tight.

Watch it explained

“Email Security for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace” — LimaCharlie on YouTube. Third-party video, included because it covers this ground well. We are not affiliated with the channel.

Questions people ask

Can we use non-Google email addresses in the groups?

Yes, but delivery to external addresses can be delayed or rejected depending on group settings. Test and monitor for bounces.

How do we avoid duplicate alerts if the same person is in multiple groups?

Deduplicate recipients per alert cycle by email address before sending.

Want this built?

This is a pattern we run in production. We will set up the delegation and build this on top of it — $500 per hour, most of it working the same day.

Talk to us Or read the setup guide

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