Dataverse - Export activity from terminated or notified employee

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Id	0881b209-62c9-4b15-9f9a-e0c1d1b1eb7b
Rulename	Dataverse - Export activity from terminated or notified employee
Description	This query identifies Dataverse export activity triggered by terminated, or employees about to leave the organization. This analytics rule uses the TerminatedEmployees watchlist template.
Severity	Medium
Tactics	Exfiltration
Techniques	T1567 T1048
Required data connectors	Dataverse
Kind	Scheduled
Query frequency	1h
Query period	1d
Trigger threshold	0
Trigger operator	gt
Source Uri	https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Microsoft Business Applications/Analytic Rules/Dataverse - Export activity from terminated or notified employee.yaml
Version	3.2.0
Arm template	0881b209-62c9-4b15-9f9a-e0c1d1b1eb7b.json

KQL

// Set a time period before employee terminatation date to search for export events
let termination_watch_period = 7d;
let query_frequency = 1h;
let exportEvents = dynamic(['ExportToExcel', 'ExportPdfDocument', 'ExportWordDocument', 'ExecutePowerBISql']);
MSBizAppsTerminatedEmployees
| where (UserState =~ "Terminated") or (UserState =~ "Notified" and TerminationDate <= startofday(now()) + termination_watch_period)
| join kind=inner (DataverseActivity
    | where TimeGenerated >= ago(query_frequency)
    | where Message in (exportEvents))
    on $left.UserPrincipalName == $right.UserId
| summarize
    FirstEvent = min(TimeGenerated),
    LastEvent = max(TimeGenerated),
    Event = make_set(Message, 4)
    by UserId, InstanceUrl, ClientIp, UserState
| extend
    CloudAppId = int(32780),
    AccountName = tostring(split(UserId, '@')[0]),
    UPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserId, '@')[1])
| project
    FirstEvent,
    LastEvent,
    UserId,
    ClientIp,
    UserState,
    InstanceUrl,
    CloudAppId,
    AccountName,
    UPNSuffix

YAML

alertDetailsOverride:
  alertDescriptionFormat: Export events where employee state found matching {{UserState}} found in {{InstanceUrl}}.
  alertDisplayNameFormat: 'Dataverse - Export events detected from a terminated employee in {{InstanceUrl}} '
description: This query identifies Dataverse export activity triggered by terminated, or employees about to leave the organization. This analytics rule uses the TerminatedEmployees watchlist template.
kind: Scheduled
tactics:
- Exfiltration
requiredDataConnectors:
- connectorId: Dataverse
  dataTypes:
  - DataverseActivity
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Microsoft Business Applications/Analytic Rules/Dataverse - Export activity from terminated or notified employee.yaml
severity: Medium
name: Dataverse - Export activity from terminated or notified employee
triggerThreshold: 0
queryPeriod: 1d
query: |
  // Set a time period before employee terminatation date to search for export events
  let termination_watch_period = 7d;
  let query_frequency = 1h;
  let exportEvents = dynamic(['ExportToExcel', 'ExportPdfDocument', 'ExportWordDocument', 'ExecutePowerBISql']);
  MSBizAppsTerminatedEmployees
  | where (UserState =~ "Terminated") or (UserState =~ "Notified" and TerminationDate <= startofday(now()) + termination_watch_period)
  | join kind=inner (DataverseActivity
      | where TimeGenerated >= ago(query_frequency)
      | where Message in (exportEvents))
      on $left.UserPrincipalName == $right.UserId
  | summarize
      FirstEvent = min(TimeGenerated),
      LastEvent = max(TimeGenerated),
      Event = make_set(Message, 4)
      by UserId, InstanceUrl, ClientIp, UserState
  | extend
      CloudAppId = int(32780),
      AccountName = tostring(split(UserId, '@')[0]),
      UPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserId, '@')[1])
  | project
      FirstEvent,
      LastEvent,
      UserId,
      ClientIp,
      UserState,
      InstanceUrl,
      CloudAppId,
      AccountName,
      UPNSuffix  
relevantTechniques:
- T1567
- T1048
id: 0881b209-62c9-4b15-9f9a-e0c1d1b1eb7b
queryFrequency: 1h
status: Available
version: 3.2.0
triggerOperator: gt
eventGroupingSettings:
  aggregationKind: AlertPerResult
entityMappings:
- entityType: Account
  fieldMappings:
  - columnName: AccountName
    identifier: Name
  - columnName: UPNSuffix
    identifier: UPNSuffix
- entityType: IP
  fieldMappings:
  - columnName: ClientIp
    identifier: Address
- entityType: CloudApplication
  fieldMappings:
  - columnName: CloudAppId
    identifier: AppId
  - columnName: InstanceUrl
    identifier: InstanceName

ARM