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[Rule Tuning] Tuning Microsoft 365 Global Administrator Role Assigned#4738

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Summary - What I changed

Tunes the Microsoft 365 Global Administrator Role Assigned, based on investigation and feedback from related issue.

How To Test

  • Query can be tested in alert telemetry stack or TRADE serverless stack
  • Does dramatically reduce noise from global alerts since we exclude system and service principals/accounts.

Checklist

  • Added a label for the type of pr: bug, enhancement, schema, maintenance, Rule: New, Rule: Deprecation, Rule: Tuning, Hunt: New, or Hunt: Tuning so guidelines can be generated
  • Added the meta:rapid-merge label if planning to merge within 24 hours
  • Secret and sensitive material has been managed correctly
  • Automated testing was updated or added to match the most common scenarios
  • Documentation and comments were added for features that require explanation

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Rule: Tuning - Guidelines

These guidelines serve as a reminder set of considerations when tuning an existing rule.

Documentation and Context

  • Detailed description of the suggested changes.
  • Provide example JSON data or screenshots.
  • Provide evidence of reducing benign events mistakenly identified as threats (False Positives).
  • Provide evidence of enhancing detection of true threats that were previously missed (False Negatives).
  • Provide evidence of optimizing resource consumption and execution time of detection rules (Performance).
  • Provide evidence of specific environment factors influencing customized rule tuning (Contextual Tuning).
  • Provide evidence of improvements made by modifying sensitivity by changing alert triggering thresholds (Threshold Adjustments).
  • Provide evidence of refining rules to better detect deviations from typical behavior (Behavioral Tuning).
  • Provide evidence of improvements of adjusting rules based on time-based patterns (Temporal Tuning).
  • Provide reasoning of adjusting priority or severity levels of alerts (Severity Tuning).
  • Provide evidence of improving quality integrity of our data used by detection rules (Data Quality).
  • Ensure the tuning includes necessary updates to the release documentation and versioning.

Rule Metadata Checks

  • updated_date matches the date of tuning PR merged.
  • min_stack_version should support the widest stack versions.
  • name and description should be descriptive and not include typos.
  • query should be inclusive, not overly exclusive. Review to ensure the original intent of the rule is maintained.

Testing and Validation

  • Validate that the tuned rule's performance is satisfactory and does not negatively impact the stack.
  • Ensure that the tuned rule has a low false positive rate.

@terrancedejesus terrancedejesus marked this pull request as ready for review May 21, 2025 16:16
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Co-authored-by: Mika Ayenson, PhD <Mikaayenson@users.noreply.github.com>
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Co-authored-by: Mika Ayenson, PhD <Mikaayenson@users.noreply.github.com>
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Co-authored-by: Mika Ayenson, PhD <Mikaayenson@users.noreply.github.com>
@terrancedejesus terrancedejesus merged commit fab0933 into main May 21, 2025
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