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AWSCloudTrail - AWS GuardDuty detector disabled or suspended

Description

Identifies AWS GuardDuty detectors being disabled or suspended. This behavior can indicate defense evasion and should be validated with the initiating identity and approved administrative activity.
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.3
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
1d
Query period
1d
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 == "DeleteDetector" and isempty(ErrorCode) and isempty( ErrorMessage)) or (EventName == "UpdateDetector" and tostring(parse_json(RequestParameters).enable) == "false" and isempty(ErrorCode) and isempty( ErrorMessage))
| extend UserIdentityArn = iif(isempty(UserIdentityArn), tostring(parse_json(Resources)[0].ARN), UserIdentityArn)
| extend UserName = tostring(split(UserIdentityArn, '/')[-1])
| extend AccountName = case( UserIdentityPrincipalid == "Anonymous", "Anonymous", isempty(UserIdentityUserName), UserName, UserIdentityUserName)
| extend AccountName = iif(AccountName contains "@", tostring(split(AccountName, '@', 0)[0]), AccountName),
  AccountUPNSuffix = iif(AccountName contains "@", tostring(split(AccountName, '@', 1)[0]), "")

Declared entities

AccountIP

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

Displayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.

Source identifier
9da99021-d318-4711-a78a-6dea76129b3a
Additional source files 2Solutions/Amazon Web Services/Analytic Rules/AWS_GuardDutyDisabled.yamlsource ↗Solutions/Amazon Web Services/Data/Solution_AmazonWebServices.jsonsolution-membership ↗
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Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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