Security Event log cleared
Checks for event id 1102 which indicates the security event log was cleared. It uses Event Source Name "Microsoft-Windows-Eventlog" to avoid generating false positives from other sources, like AD FS servers for instance.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- ContainersESXiLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesOffice SuiteWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- securityeventswindowsforwardedeventswindowssecurityevents
- Log source service
- securityeventwindowsevent
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
No references are available for this detection.
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 80da0a8f-cfe1-4cd0-a895-8bc1771a720e
- Tagged by the source as
- DefenseEvasion
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Published
- Sep 1, 2026
- Version
- 1