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AWS Verified Access anomalous failed authentication attempts by user

Goal

Detect when access is denied to a user authenticating using AWS Verified Access.

Strategy

The anomaly detection generates a security signal when a user’s authentication failure requests deviates from its baseline.

For more information about the anomaly detection method, see Detect security threats with anomaly detection rules.

Triage and response

Determine if the user {{@usr.id}} should have access.