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[Rule Tuning] Windows Event Logs Cleared - alerts about Qualys agent #5755

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https://github.com/elastic/detection-rules/blob/main/rules/windows/defense_evasion_clearing_windows_security_logs.toml

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False Positives - Reducing benign events mistakenly identified as threats.

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This rule occasionally alerts about Qualys log clearing, which seems to be initiated by the Qualys agent itself.

Possibly useful fields:
winlog.user_data.Channel Qualys
winlog.user.identifier S-1-5-18
winlog.user.name SYSTEM

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