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Azure Alert Suppression Rule Created or Modified
editAzure Alert Suppression Rule Created or Modified
editIdentifies the creation of suppression rules in Azure. Suppression rules are a mechanism used to suppress alerts previously identified as false positives or too noisy to be in production. This mechanism can be abused or mistakenly configured, resulting in defense evasions and loss of security visibility.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- filebeat-*
- logs-azure*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 5m
Searches indices from: now-25m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Cloud
- Azure
- Continuous Monitoring
- SecOps
- Configuration Audit
Version: 4
Rule authors:
- Austin Songer
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guide
editRule query
editevent.dataset:azure.activitylogs and azure.activitylogs.operation_name:"MICROSOFT.SECURITY/ALERTSSUPPRESSIONRULES/WRITE" and event.outcome: "success"
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/
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Technique:
- Name: Impair Defenses
- ID: T1562
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1562/