Volume Creation

The initial provisioning of block storage volumes in cloud or on-prem environments, typically used for data storage, backup, or workload scaling.

Data Collection Measures:

• Cloud-Based Logging & Monitoring
  • AWS CloudTrail
    • CreateVolume – Logs the creation of new Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes.
    • RunInstances – Can be correlated to detect automatic volume provisioning.
  • Azure Monitor & Log Analytics
    • Microsoft.Compute/disks/write – Captures creation of new managed/unmanaged disks.
    • Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/write – Detects creation of new Azure Blob Storage volumes.
  • Google Cloud Logging (GCP)
    • compute.disks.insert – Tracks new persistent disk creation.
    • compute.instances.attachDisk – Logs attachment of a volume to a running VM.
  • OpenStack Logs
    • volume.create – Captures new storage volume provisioning.
    • cinder.volume.create – Logs OpenStack Cinder block storage creation.
• Host-Based & SIEM Detection
  • Linux/macOS System Logs
    • /var/log/syslog & /var/log/messages – Detects new mount points or attached storage.
    • dmesg | grep "new disk" – Identifies kernel messages for volume attachment.
    • AuditD: Tracks mkfs (filesystem creation) for new volume provisioning.
  • Windows Event Logs
    • Event ID 1006 (Storage Management Events) – Captures disk volume creation.
    • Event ID 5145 (Object Access: File Share) – Detects access to newly created storage shares.