Azure Service Principal Removed
Identifies when a service principal was removed in Azure.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
Known benign triggers
- Service principal being removed may be performed by a system administrator.
- Service principal removed 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
Not mapped to ATT&CK.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/monitoring-health/reference-audit-activities#core-directory | 9 |
| techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/keeping-track-of-object-deletions-in-microsoft-entra-id/4053415 | 2 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 448fd1ea-2116-4c62-9cde-a92d120e0f08
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.stealth
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1