diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
index c70b0419a..b00a599d8 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
@@ -2402,6 +2402,50 @@ elasticsearch:
               set_priority:
                 priority: 50
             min_age: 30d
+    so-logs-cef_x_log:
+      index_sorting: False
+      index_template:
+        index_patterns:
+          - "logs-cef.log-*"
+        template:
+          settings:
+            index:
+              lifecycle:
+                name: so-logs-cef.log-logs
+              number_of_replicas: 0
+        composed_of:
+          - "logs-cef.log@package"
+          - "logs-cef.log@custom"
+          - "so-fleet_globals-1"
+          - "so-fleet_agent_id_verification-1"
+        priority: 501
+        data_stream:
+          hidden: false
+          allow_custom_routing: false
+      policy:
+        phases:
+          cold:
+            actions:
+              set_priority:
+                priority: 0
+            min_age: 30d
+          delete:
+            actions:
+              delete: {}
+            min_age: 365d
+          hot:
+            actions:
+              rollover:
+                max_age: 30d
+                max_primary_shard_size: 50gb
+              set_priority:
+                priority: 100
+            min_age: 0ms
+          warm:
+            actions:
+              set_priority:
+                priority: 50
+            min_age: 30d
     so-logs-checkpoint_x_firewall:
       index_sorting: False
       index_template:
diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/soc_elasticsearch.yaml b/salt/elasticsearch/soc_elasticsearch.yaml
index e68d0441b..dd82aad6b 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/soc_elasticsearch.yaml
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/soc_elasticsearch.yaml
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ elasticsearch:
     so-logs-azure_x_signinlogs: *indexSettings
     so-logs-azure_x_springcloudlogs: *indexSettings
     so-logs-barracuda_x_waf: *indexSettings
+    so-logs-cef_x_log: *indexSettings
     so-logs-cisco_asa_x_log: *indexSettings
     so-logs-cisco_ftd_x_log: *indexSettings
     so-logs-cisco_ios_x_log: *indexSettings