AWS Bedrock Guardrail Deletion via CloudTrail DeleteGuardrail API

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What it detects

This rule flags CloudTrail events where the Bedrock service reports a DeleteGuardrail API call. Deleting a guardrail can reduce or remove model safety controls, which may enable unsafe or unauthorized responses. It relies on AWS CloudTrail telemetry for eventName DeleteGuardrail with eventSource bedrock.amazonaws.com.

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AWS Bedrock Guardrail Deletion via CloudTrail DeleteGuardrail API

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Changelog

v5

v5
Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
v4
Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
v3
Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
v2
Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
v1
No changelog recorded for this version.2026-07-30

Detection content is published as a reviewed draft. Tune thresholds and exclusions against your own telemetry before enabling this rule for alerting.

aws-bedrock-guardrail-deletion-via-cloudtrail-deleteguardrail-api-call-59b70e4d

title: AWS Bedrock Guardrail Deletion via CloudTrail DeleteGuardrail API
id: 5bcde200-5145-4008-9c58-e3a489daf4c6
status: experimental
description: This rule flags CloudTrail events where the Bedrock service reports a DeleteGuardrail API call. Deleting a guardrail can reduce or remove model safety controls, which may enable unsafe or unauthorized responses. It relies on AWS CloudTrail telemetry for eventName DeleteGuardrail with eventSource bedrock.amazonaws.com.
references:
  - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteGuardrail.html
  - https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/master/rules/cloud/aws/cloudtrail/aws_cloudtrail_bedrock_guardrail_deleted.yml
author: Marco Pedrinazzi (@pedrinazziM) (InTheCyber), Huntrule Team
date: 2026-07-10
tags:
  - attack.defense-impairment
  - attack.t1685
logsource:
  product: aws
  service: cloudtrail
detection:
  selection:
    eventName: DeleteGuardrail
    eventSource: bedrock.amazonaws.com
  condition: selection
falsepositives:
  - Legitimate guardrail deletion by authorized identities.
level: medium
license: DRL-1.1
related:
  - id: 59b70e4d-dd17-44a9-b740-acf07ae3eb6a
    type: derived

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