diff --git a/salt/backup/config_backup.sls b/salt/backup/config_backup.sls
index 20616f780..a09c67b1b 100644
--- a/salt/backup/config_backup.sls
+++ b/salt/backup/config_backup.sls
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ config_backup_script:
 so_config_backup:
   cron.present:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-config-backup > /dev/null 2>&1
+    - identifier: so_config_backup
     - user: root
     - minute: '1'
     - hour: '0'
diff --git a/salt/common/init.sls b/salt/common/init.sls
index 2248c80bc..387d4e82a 100644
--- a/salt/common/init.sls
+++ b/salt/common/init.sls
@@ -133,8 +133,10 @@ so-status_script:
 
 {% if GLOBALS.role in GLOBALS.sensor_roles %}
 # Add sensor cleanup
-/usr/sbin/so-sensor-clean:
+so-sensor-clean:
   cron.present:
+    - name: /usr/sbin/so-sensor-clean
+    - identifier: so-sensor-clean
     - user: root
     - minute: '*'
     - hour: '*'
@@ -154,8 +156,10 @@ sensorrotateconf:
     - source: salt://common/files/sensor-rotate.conf
     - mode: 644
 
-/usr/local/bin/sensor-rotate:
+sensor-rotate:
   cron.present:
+    - name: /usr/local/bin/sensor-rotate
+    - identifier: sensor-rotate
     - user: root
     - minute: '1'
     - hour: '0'
@@ -178,8 +182,10 @@ commonlogrotateconf:
     - template: jinja
     - mode: 644
 
-/usr/local/bin/common-rotate:
+common-rotate:
   cron.present:
+    - name: /usr/local/bin/common-rotate
+    - identifier: common-rotate
     - user: root
     - minute: '1'
     - hour: '0'
@@ -201,10 +207,10 @@ sostatus_log:
     - mode: 644
 
 # Install sostatus check cron. This is used to populate Grid.
-sostatus_check_cron:
+so-status_check_cron:
   cron.present:
     - name: 'USER=root /usr/sbin/so-status -j > /opt/so/log/sostatus/status.log 2>&1'
-    - identifier: sostatus_check_cron
+    - identifier: so-status_check_cron
     - user: root
     - minute: '*/1'
     - hour: '*'
@@ -214,7 +220,7 @@ sostatus_check_cron:
 
 remove_post_setup_cron:
   cron.absent:
-    - name: 'salt-call state.highstate'
+    - name: 'PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin salt-call state.highstate'
     - identifier: post_setup_cron
 
 {% if GLOBALS.role not in ['eval', 'manager', 'managersearch', 'standalone'] %}
@@ -240,9 +246,10 @@ raidpkgs:
   {% endif %}
 
 # Install raid check cron
-so_raid_status:
+so-raid-status:
   cron.present:
     - name: '/usr/sbin/so-raid-status > /dev/null 2>&1'
+    - identifier: so-raid-status
     - user: root
     - minute: '*/15'
     - hour: '*'
diff --git a/salt/curator/init.sls b/salt/curator/init.sls
index 36f1261fe..d1e4276e1 100644
--- a/salt/curator/init.sls
+++ b/salt/curator/init.sls
@@ -126,9 +126,10 @@ delete_so-curator_so-status.disabled:
     - regex: ^so-curator$
   {% endif %}
 
-so-curatorclusterclose:
+so-curator-cluster-close:
   cron.present:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-curator-cluster-close > /opt/so/log/curator/cron-close.log 2>&1
+    - identifier: so-curator-cluster-close
     - user: root
     - minute: '2'
     - hour: '*/1'
@@ -136,9 +137,10 @@ so-curatorclusterclose:
     - month: '*'
     - dayweek: '*'
 
-so-curatorclusterdeletecron:
+so-curator-cluster-delete:
   cron.present:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-curator-cluster-delete > /opt/so/log/curator/cron-cluster-delete.log 2>&1
+    - identifier: so-curator-cluster-delete
     - user: root
     - minute: '*/5'
     - hour: '*'
diff --git a/salt/idstools/init.sls b/salt/idstools/init.sls
index 78f6c2735..5ec9464cc 100644
--- a/salt/idstools/init.sls
+++ b/salt/idstools/init.sls
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ idstoolslogdir:
     - group: 939
     - makedirs: True
 
-so-ruleupdatecron:
+so-rule-update:
   cron.present:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-rule-update > /opt/so/log/idstools/download.log 2>&1
+    - identifier: so-rule-update
     - user: root
     - minute: '1'
     - hour: '7'
diff --git a/salt/influxdb/init.sls b/salt/influxdb/init.sls
index b6190fdfd..b4824825b 100644
--- a/salt/influxdb/init.sls
+++ b/salt/influxdb/init.sls
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ metrics_link_file:
 get_influxdb_size:
   cron.present:
     - name: 'du -s -k /nsm/influxdb | cut -f1 > /opt/so/log/telegraf/influxdb_size.log 2>&1'
+    - identifier: get_influxdb_size
     - user: root
     - minute: '*/1'
     - hour: '*'
diff --git a/salt/manager/init.sls b/salt/manager/init.sls
index 4db979266..9973dcb41 100644
--- a/salt/manager/init.sls
+++ b/salt/manager/init.sls
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ repo_sync_script:
     - group: root
     - mode: 755
 
-reposync_cron:
+so-repo-sync:
   {% if MANAGERMERGED.reposync.enabled %}
   cron.present:
   {% else %}
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ reposync_cron:
   {% endif %}
     - user: socore
     - name: '/usr/sbin/so-repo-sync >> /opt/so/log/reposync/reposync.log 2>&1'
+    - identifier: so-repo-sync
     - hour: '{{ MANAGERMERGED.reposync.hour }}'
     - minute: '{{ MANAGERMERGED.reposync.minute }}'
 
@@ -83,10 +84,11 @@ yara_update_script:
         ISAIRGAP: {{ GLOBALS.airgap }}
         EXCLUDEDRULES: {{ STRELKAMERGED.rules.excluded }}
 
-strelka_yara_update:
+strelka-yara-update:
   cron.present:
     - user: root
     - name: '/usr/sbin/so-yara-update >> /nsm/strelka/log/yara-update.log 2>&1'
+    - identifier: strelka-yara-update
     - hour: '7'
     - minute: '1'
 
diff --git a/salt/manager/sync_es_users.sls b/salt/manager/sync_es_users.sls
index 4546fc52f..79ab14669 100644
--- a/salt/manager/sync_es_users.sls
+++ b/salt/manager/sync_es_users.sls
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ sync_es_users:
 
 # we dont want this added too early in setup, so we add the onlyif to verify 'startup_states: highstate'
 # is in the minion config. That line is added before the final highstate during setup
-sosyncusers:
+so-user_sync:
   cron.present:
     - user: root
     - name: 'PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin /usr/sbin/so-user sync &>> /opt/so/log/soc/sync.log'
+    - identifier: so-user_sync
     - onlyif: "grep 'startup_states: highstate' /etc/salt/minion"
diff --git a/salt/playbook/init.sls b/salt/playbook/init.sls
index fd31aeba8..f76292333 100644
--- a/salt/playbook/init.sls
+++ b/salt/playbook/init.sls
@@ -113,15 +113,17 @@ append_so-playbook_so-status.conf:
 
 {% endif %}
 
-so-playbooksynccron:
+so-playbook-sync_cron:
   cron.present:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-playbook-sync > /opt/so/log/playbook/sync.log 2>&1
+    - identifier: so-playbook-sync_cron
     - user: root
     - minute: '*/5'
 
-so-playbookruleupdatecron:
+so-playbook-ruleupdate_cron:
   cron.present:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-playbook-ruleupdate > /opt/so/log/playbook/update.log 2>&1
+    - identifier: so-playbook-ruleupdate_cron
     - user: root
     - minute: '1'
     - hour: '6'
diff --git a/salt/salt/minion-check.sls b/salt/salt/minion-check.sls
index 66ab732e2..22f87ca8a 100644
--- a/salt/salt/minion-check.sls
+++ b/salt/salt/minion-check.sls
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ state-apply-test:
        start: 0
        end: 180
 
-/usr/sbin/so-salt-minion-check -q:
+so-salt-minion-check_cron:
   cron.present:
-    - identifier: so-salt-minion-check
+    - name: /usr/sbin/so-salt-minion-check -q
+    - identifier: so-salt-minion-check_cron
     - user: root
     - minute: '*/5'
diff --git a/salt/setup/highstate_cron.sls b/salt/setup/highstate_cron.sls
index c14f4e1f4..862968d97 100644
--- a/salt/setup/highstate_cron.sls
+++ b/salt/setup/highstate_cron.sls
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 post_setup_cron:
   cron.present:
     - name: 'PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin salt-call state.highstate'
+    - identifier: post_setup_cron
     - user: root
     - minute: '*/1'
     - identifier: post_setup_cron
diff --git a/salt/soc/init.sls b/salt/soc/init.sls
index e2ec511ed..9460eeac2 100644
--- a/salt/soc/init.sls
+++ b/salt/soc/init.sls
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ socusersroles:
 salt-relay:
   cron.present:
   - name: 'ps -ef | grep salt-relay.sh | grep -v grep > /dev/null 2>&1 || /opt/so/saltstack/default/salt/soc/files/bin/salt-relay.sh >> /opt/so/log/soc/salt-relay.log 2>&1 &'
+  - identifier: salt-relay
 
 so-soc:
   docker_container.running:
diff --git a/salt/strelka/init.sls b/salt/strelka/init.sls
index bbb2bcaf6..081f2ebd1 100644
--- a/salt/strelka/init.sls
+++ b/salt/strelka/init.sls
@@ -205,11 +205,13 @@ filecheck_restart:
 filecheck_run:
   cron.present:
     - name: 'ps -ef | grep filecheck | grep -v grep > /dev/null 2>&1 || python3 /opt/so/conf/strelka/filecheck >> /opt/so/log/strelka/filecheck_stdout.log 2>&1 &'
+    - identifier: filecheck_run
     - user: {{ filecheck_runas }}
 
 filcheck_history_clean:
   cron.present:
     - name: '/usr/bin/find /nsm/strelka/history/ -type f -mtime +2 -exec rm {} + > /dev/null 2>&1'
+    - identifier: filecheck_history_clean
     - minute: '33'
 # End Filecheck Section
 
diff --git a/salt/suricata/init.sls b/salt/suricata/init.sls
index 07350d8e1..159e59f4f 100644
--- a/salt/suricata/init.sls
+++ b/salt/suricata/init.sls
@@ -79,8 +79,10 @@ surilogscript:
     - source: salt://suricata/cron/surilogcompress
     - mode: 755
 
-/usr/local/bin/surilogcompress:
+surilogcompress:
   cron.present:
+    - name: /usr/local/bin/surilogcompress
+    - identifier: surilogcompress
     - user: suricata
     - minute: '17'
     - hour: '*'
@@ -181,16 +183,6 @@ delete_so-suricata_so-status.disabled:
     - regex: ^so-suricata$
   {% endif %}
 
-surirotate:
-  cron.absent:
-    - name: /usr/local/bin/surirotate
-    - user: root
-    - minute: '11'
-    - hour: '*'
-    - daymonth: '*'
-    - month: '*'
-    - dayweek: '*'
-
 so-suricata-eve-clean:
   file.managed:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-suricata-eve-clean
@@ -204,6 +196,7 @@ so-suricata-eve-clean:
 clean_suricata_eve_files:
   cron.present:
     - name: /usr/sbin/so-suricata-eve-clean > /dev/null 2>&1
+    - identifier: clean_suricata_eve_files
     - user: root
     - minute: '*/5'
     - hour: '*'