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TI Map IP Entity to Azure SQL Security Audit Events
Description
This query maps any IP indicators of compromise (IOCs) from threat intelligence (TI), by searching for matches in SQL Security Audit Events.
- Rule type
- Scheduled
- Version
- 1.3.2
- Query frequency
- 1h
- Query period
- 14d
- 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 dt_lookBack = 1h; // Look back 1 hour for AzureDiagnostics logs
let ioc_lookBack = 14d; // Look back 14 days for threat intelligence indicators
// Fetch threat intelligence indicators related to IP addresses
let IP_Indicators = ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
| where isnotempty(NetworkIP) or isnotempty(EmailSourceIpAddress) or isnotempty(NetworkDestinationIP) or isnotempty(NetworkSourceIP)
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)
| extend TI_ipEntity = iff(isnotempty(NetworkIP), NetworkIP, NetworkDestinationIP)
| extend TI_ipEntity = iff(isempty(TI_ipEntity) and isnotempty(NetworkSourceIP), NetworkSourceIP, TI_ipEntity)
| extend TI_ipEntity = iff(isempty(TI_ipEntity) and isnotempty(EmailSourceIpAddress), EmailSourceIpAddress, TI_ipEntity)
| where ipv4_is_private(TI_ipEntity) == false and TI_ipEntity !startswith "fe80" and TI_ipEntity !startswith "::" and TI_ipEntity !startswith "127."
| summarize LatestIndicatorTime = arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId
| where Active == true and ExpirationDateTime > now();
// Perform a join between IP indicators and AzureDiagnostics logs for SQL Security Audit events
IP_Indicators
// Use innerunique to keep performance fast and result set low, as we only need one match to indicate potential malicious activity that needs investigation
| join kind=innerunique (
AzureDiagnostics
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack)
| where ResourceProvider == 'MICROSOFT.SQL'
| where Category == 'SQLSecurityAuditEvents'
| extend SQLSecurityAuditEvents_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated
| extend ClientIP = column_ifexists("client_ip_s", "Not Available")
| extend Action = column_ifexists("action_name_s", "Not Available")
| extend Application = column_ifexists("application_name_s", "Not Available")
| extend HostName = column_ifexists("host_name_s", "Not Available")
)
on $left.TI_ipEntity == $right.ClientIP
// Filter out logs that occurred after the expiration of the corresponding indicator
| where SQLSecurityAuditEvents_TimeGenerated < ExpirationDateTime
// Group the results by IndicatorId and ClientIP, and keep the log entry with the latest timestamp
| summarize SQLSecurityAuditEvents_TimeGenerated = arg_max(SQLSecurityAuditEvents_TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId, ClientIP
// Select the desired output fields
| project SQLSecurityAuditEvents_TimeGenerated, Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, Url, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore,
TI_ipEntity, ResourceId, ClientIP, Action, Application, HostName, NetworkIP, NetworkDestinationIP, NetworkSourceIP, EmailSourceIpAddress, Type
// Rename the timestamp field
| extend timestamp = SQLSecurityAuditEvents_TimeGenerated
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Source provenance
GitHubDisplayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.
- Commit
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Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC