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PLC Stop Command (Microsoft Defender for IoT)
Description
'This alert leverages Defender for IoT to detect PLC stop commands which could indicate improper configuration or malicious activity on the network such as a threat manipulating PLC programming to affect the function of the network.'
- Rule type
- Scheduled
- Version
- 1.0.3
- Declared status
- Available
- Query frequency
- 1h
- Query period
- 1h
- 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.
let alertList = dynamic(["Controller Reset", "An S7 Stop PLC Command was Sent", "Controller Stop", "Excessive Restart Rate of an Outstation", "GE SRTP Stop PLC Command was Sent", "Outstation Restarted", "Outstation Restarts Frequently", "Profinet Device Factory Reset", "Slave Device Unrecoverable Failure", "Suspicion of Hardware Problems in Outstation"]);
SecurityAlert
| where ProviderName == "IoTSecurity"
| where AlertName has_any (alertList)
| extend ExtendedProperties = parse_json(ExtendedProperties)
| where tostring(ExtendedProperties.isNew) == "True"
| extend DeviceId = tostring(ExtendedProperties.DeviceId),
SourceDeviceAddress = tostring(ExtendedProperties.SourceDeviceAddress),
DestDeviceAddress = tostring(ExtendedProperties.DestinationDeviceAddress),
RemediationSteps = tostring(parse_json(RemediationSteps)[0]),
Protocol = tostring(ExtendedProperties.Protocol),
AlertManagementUri = tostring(ExtendedProperties.AlertManagementUri)
| project
TimeGenerated,
DeviceId,
ProductName,
ProductComponentName,
AlertSeverity,
AlertName,
Description,
Protocol,
SourceDeviceAddress,
DestDeviceAddress,
RemediationSteps,
Tactics,
Entities,
VendorOriginalId,
AlertLink,
AlertManagementUri,
Techniques
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
a7d3f642-15d8-4e83-99ee-83ca3352525d
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING
Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC