AWS network ACL rule deletion

Cortex XSIAM Analytics Alert Reference by Alert name

Product
Cortex XSIAM
Last date published
2026-03-01
Category
Analytics Alert Reference
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Synopsis

Activation Period

14 Days

Training Period

30 Days

Test Period

N/A (single event)

Deduplication Period

5 Days

Required Data

  • Requires:
    • AWS Audit Log

Detection Modules

Cloud

Detector Tags

ATT&CK Tactic

Defense Evasion (TA0005)

ATT&CK Technique

Impair Defenses (T1562)

Severity

Informational

Description

An AWS network ACL rule was deleted.

Attacker's Goals

Deleting an ingress rule may allow an attacker to gain persistence in the cloud environment.
Deleting an egress rule may enable data exfiltration.

Investigative actions

  • Identify which VPC and associated resources are affected.
  • Check the rule number, as ACL rules are evaluated in order.
  • Determine whether the rule is ingress or egress.