Possible The Windows Defender Firewall Service Failed To Load Group Policy (via firewall-as)

title: Possible The Windows Defender Firewall Service Failed To Load Group Policy (via firewall-as)
id: 7a3e5ef0-d0cd-53ca-9a8d-9bfffc5bac8b
status: stable
description: This rule detects behavior when The Windows Defender Firewall service failed to load Group Policy
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1686/003/
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2008-r2-and-2008/dd364427(v=ws.10)
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-06-07
tags:
    - attack.defense-impairment
    - attack.t1686.003
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: firewall-as
detection:
    selection:
        EventID: 2009
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: low