# Source: https://docs.datadoghq.com/security/default_rules/g3k-7d3-mcx.md

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title: Azure user viewed CosmosDB access keys
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# Azure user viewed CosmosDB access keys
Classification:attackTactic:[TA0007-discovery](https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0007)Technique:[T1580-cloud-infrastructure-discovery](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1580) 
## Goal{% #goal %}

Detect when a user successfully requests to view a CosmoDB access key with the Azure API. An attacker with the appropriate privileges can view an access key and use it to access and manage the CosmoDB database.

## Strategy{% #strategy %}

Monitor Azure CosmoDB logs where `@evt.name` is `"MICROSOFT.DOCUMENTDB/DATABASEACCOUNTS/LISTKEYS/ACTION\"` and `@evt.outcome` is `Success`.

## Triage and response{% #triage-and-response %}

1. Verify that the user (`{{@usr.name}}`) should be viewing the access key for the following CosmoDB database: (`{{@resourceId}}`).
1. If the activity is not expected, investigate the activity around the CosmoDB Database (`{{@resourceId}}`).