4.01 - Unusually high API usage by any user identity

April 24, 2024 ยท View on GitHub

Unusually high API usage by any user identity on any given day in the last 7 days, where unusual is defined as daily_count > avg(daily_count) + 3 * stddev(daily_count), and daily_count is the number of actions per principal on a given day. Aggregate averages and standard deviations are computed for each day looking back at the preceding daily counts. Default lookback window is the last 90 days.

Category: Cloud Workload Usage
Use Cases: Detect, Audit
Data Sources: Audit Logs

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