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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

Declared entities

IP

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
d0aa8969-1bbe-4da3-9e76-09e5f67c9d85
Additional source files 3Solutions/Threat Intelligence/Analytic Rules/IPEntity_AzureSQL.yamlsource ↗Detections/ThreatIntelligenceIndicator/IPEntity_AzureSQL.yamlmigration-note ↗Solutions/Threat Intelligence/Data/Solution_ThreatIntelligenceTemplateSpec.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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