MSSQL Disable Audit Settings

Detects when an attacker calls the "ALTER SERVER AUDIT" or "DROP SERVER AUDIT" transaction in order to delete or disable audit logs on the server

Detection logic

This event should only fire when an administrator is modifying the audit policy. Which should be a rare occurrence once it's set up

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Reference	Class	Cited by
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/statements/alter-server-audit-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver16	Product documentation	Only this detection cites it
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/statements/drop-server-audit-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver16	Product documentation	Only this detection cites it
www.netspi.com/blog/technical/network-penetration-testing/sql-server-persistence-part-1-startup-stored-procedures/	Unclassified	6from 2 sources