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Netskope - Suspicious Application Activity (Low Confidence / Risky App)

Description

Detects activity involving risky or low Cloud Confidence Level (CCL) applications, blocked application actions, or sensitive activities (upload, share, download) on unsanctioned apps. Helps surface Shadow IT and potential data leakage via risky cloud applications.
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.0
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 riskyCcl = dynamic(["low", "poor"]);
let sensitiveActivities = dynamic(["Upload", "Share", "Download", "Post", "Send"]);
NetskopeAlertEvents_CL
| where TimeGenerated > ago(1h)
| where isnotempty(App)
| where tolower(Ccl) in (riskyCcl)
     or Action =~ "block"
     or (Activity in~ (sensitiveActivities) and tolower(Ccl) != "excellent")
| summarize
    EventCount = count(),
    Activities = make_set(Activity, 20),
    Actions = make_set(Action, 10),
    CCLs = make_set(Ccl, 10),
    Categories = make_set(Appcategory, 20),
    DistinctApps = dcount(App),
    Apps = make_set(App, 20),
    LastSeen = max(TimeGenerated)
    by User, Userip, Hostname, DeviceClassification
| where EventCount > 5 or DistinctApps > 3
| extend RiskIndicators = strcat_array(array_concat(
    iff(set_has_element(CCLs, "low") or set_has_element(CCLs, "poor"), dynamic(["Low Confidence App"]), dynamic([])),
    iff(set_has_element(Actions, "block"), dynamic(["Blocked Activity"]), dynamic([])),
    iff(DistinctApps > 3, dynamic(["Multiple Risky Apps"]), dynamic([]))
), ", ")
| order by EventCount desc
| project
    LastSeen,
    User,
    Userip,
    Hostname,
    DeviceClassification,
    EventCount,
    DistinctApps,
    Apps,
    Categories,
    Activities,
    Actions,
    CCLs,
    RiskIndicators

Declared entities

AccountIPHost

Related content

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Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
b2e7d3c5-9c46-4f2a-8d1b-3e5f7a9c2d41
Additional source files 2Solutions/NetskopeAlertEvents/Analytic Rules/NetskopeAlertEvents_Rule2.yamlsource ↗Solutions/NetskopeAlertEvents/Data/Solution_NetskopeAlertEvents.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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