O365 DLP Rule Triggered
The following analytic detects when Microsoft Office 365 Data Loss Prevention (DLP) rules have been triggered. DLP rules can be configured for any number of security, regulatory, or business compliance reasons, as…
Description
The following analytic detects when Microsoft Office 365 Data Loss Prevention (DLP) rules have been triggered. DLP rules can be configured for any number of security, regulatory, or business compliance reasons, as such this analytic will only be as accurate as the upstream DLP configuration. Detections from this analytic should be evaluated thoroughly to de termine what, if any, security relevance the underlying DLP events contain.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- ESXiIaaSLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesOffice SuiteSaaSWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 2 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.
- Log source category
- office_365_universal_audit_log
Known benign triggers
- WIll depending on accuracy of DLP rules, these can be noisy so tune appropriately.
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/purview/dlp-learn-about-dlp | Only this detection cites it |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 63a8a537-36fd-4aac-a3ea-1a96afd2c871
- Tagged by the source as
- Data ExfiltrationO365 TenantcloudSplunk CloudSplunk EnterpriseSplunk Enterprise Securitythreat
Licence
- Published under
- Apache License 2.0Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- Apache-2.0Read the origin licence
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1