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AWSCloudTrail - Creation of Access Key for IAM User
Description
Detects creation of a new IAM access key on an existing user account, which could be used to establish persistence. This action should be validated by the AWS account administrator. Reference: https://stratus-red-team.cloud/attack-techniques/AWS/aws.persistence.iam-backdoor-user/
- Rule type
- Scheduled
- Version
- 1.0.2
- Declared status
- Available
- Query frequency
- 15m
- Query period
- 15m
- Trigger
- gt 0
Declared MITRE coverage
Declared sources
Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.
Connectors
Data types
KQL query
Original query, unchanged.
AWSCloudTrail
| where EventName == "CreateAccessKey"
| project-away SourceSystem,Category,Type,TenantId,EventVersion,SessionIssuerAccountId
| extend UserName = substring(UserIdentityPrincipalid, indexof_regex(UserIdentityPrincipalid, ":") + 1)
| extend Name = split(UserName,'@')[0],UpnSuffix = split(UserName,'@')[1]
Declared entities
Related content
Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.
Source provenance
GitHubDisplayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.
- Commit
9800e51↗- Source identifier
9a6554e6-63d9-4f94-9b32-64d1d40628f2
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING
Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC