Identifies the first time a given IAM principal successfully creates an EC2 key pair when the request is sourced from a network whose autonomous system organization is not attributed to common cloud or hyperscaler providers in your GeoIP data. Adversaries may call CreateKeyPair to stage SSH access material before launching or accessing instances. A new terms baseline on user_identity.arn suppresses repeated noise from the same principal while still surfacing the initial suspicious creation from an unusual egress label.

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