Elastic Security Detection Rules

AWS CloudWatch Log Group Deletion

Last updated a year ago on 2024-05-21
Created 5 years ago on 2020-05-18

About

Identifies the deletion of a specified AWS CloudWatch log group. When a log group is deleted, all the archived log events associated with the log group are also permanently deleted.
Tags
Domain: CloudData Source: AWSData Source: Amazon Web ServicesData Source: AWS CloudWatchUse Case: Log AuditingTactic: ImpactLanguage: kuery
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

Impact (TA0040)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Data Destruction (T1485)(opens in a new tab or window)

Defense Evasion (TA0005)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Impair Defenses (T1562)(opens in a new tab or window)

False Positive Examples
Verify whether the user identity, user agent, and/or hostname should be making changes in your environment. Log group deletions by unfamiliar users or hosts should be investigated. If known behavior is causing false positives, it can be exempted from the rule.
License
Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Query (Kibana Query Language)
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
filebeat-*logs-aws.cloudtrail-*
Related Integrations

aws(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
event.dataset:aws.cloudtrail and event.provider:logs.amazonaws.com and event.action:DeleteLogGroup and event.outcome:success

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect AWS CloudWatch Log Group Deletion in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(opens in a new tab or window).