Azure Device or Configuration Modified or Deleted
Identifies when a device or device configuration in azure is modified or deleted.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- ContainersESXiIaaSLinuxmacOSWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 2 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.
- Log source product
- azure
- Log source service
- activitylogs
Known benign triggers
- Device or device configuration being modified or deleted may be performed by a system administrator.
- Device or device configuration modified or deleted from unfamiliar users should be investigated. If known behavior is causing false positives, it can be exempted from the rule.
- Verify whether the user identity, user agent, and/or hostname should be making changes in your environment.
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/monitoring-health/reference-audit-activities#core-directory | 9 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 46530378-f9db-4af9-a9e5-889c177d3881
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.impact
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1