diff --git a/packs/aws.yml b/packs/aws.yml
index 1323adff3..63bc3bfe3 100644
--- a/packs/aws.yml
+++ b/packs/aws.yml
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ PackDefinition:
     - AWS.EC2.StopInstance.FOLLOWED.BY.ModifyInstanceAttributes
     - AWS.ELBV2.LoadBalancer.HasSSLPolicy
     - AWS.ELBv2.SSLPolicy
+    - AWS.GuardDuty.CriticalSeverityFinding
     - AWS.GuardDuty.Enabled
     - AWS.GuardDuty.HighSeverityFinding
     - AWS.GuardDuty.LowSeverityFinding
diff --git a/rules/aws_guardduty_rules/aws_guardduty_critical_sev_findings.py b/rules/aws_guardduty_rules/aws_guardduty_critical_sev_findings.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee1a5adcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules/aws_guardduty_rules/aws_guardduty_critical_sev_findings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from panther_aws_helpers import aws_guardduty_context
+
+
+def rule(event):
+    if event.deep_get("service", "additionalInfo", "sample"):
+        # in case of sample data
+        # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/guardduty/latest/ug/sample_findings.html
+        return False
+    return 9.0 <= float(event.get("severity", 0)) <= 10.0
+
+
+def title(event):
+    return event.get("title")
+
+
+def alert_context(event):
+    return aws_guardduty_context(event)
diff --git a/rules/aws_guardduty_rules/aws_guardduty_critical_sev_findings.yml b/rules/aws_guardduty_rules/aws_guardduty_critical_sev_findings.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..19a205cba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules/aws_guardduty_rules/aws_guardduty_critical_sev_findings.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+AnalysisType: rule
+Filename: aws_guardduty_critical_sev_findings.py
+RuleID: "AWS.GuardDuty.CriticalSeverityFinding"
+DisplayName: "AWS GuardDuty Critical Severity Finding"
+Enabled: true
+LogTypes:
+  - AWS.GuardDuty
+Tags:
+  - AWS
+Severity: Critical
+DedupPeriodMinutes: 15
+Description: >
+  A critical-severity GuardDuty finding has been identified.
+Runbook: >
+  Search related logs to understand the root cause of the activity.
+  Search the Panther Summary Attribute type value in https://docs.aws.amazon.com/guardduty/latest/ug/guardduty_finding-types-active.html for additional details.
+Reference: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/guardduty/latest/ug/guardduty_findings.html#guardduty_findings-severity
+SummaryAttributes:
+  - severity
+  - type
+  - title
+  - p_any_domain_names
+  - p_any_aws_arns
+  - p_any_aws_account_ids
+Tests:
+  - Name: Critical Sev Finding
+    ExpectedResult: true
+    Log:
+      {
+        "accountId": "123456789012",
+        "arn": "arn:aws:guardduty:us-east-1:123456789012:detector/111111bbbbbbbbbb5555555551111111/finding/8c258d654378414b9bc26f61a93eb816",
+        "createdAt": "2025-02-25 20:40:06.721",
+        "description": "A sequence of actions involving 4 signals indicating a possible credential compromise was observed for IAMUser/john_doe with principalId AIDA3UBBJ2K3TVEXAMPLE in account 111122223333\nbetween eventFirstSeen and eventLastSeen with the following behaviors:\n  - 5 MITRE ATT&CK tactics observed: Persistence, Privilege Escalation, Defense Evasion, Discovery, Initial Access\n  - 5 MITRE ATT&CK techniques observed: T1562.008 - Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Cloud Logs, T1098.003 - Account Manipulation: Additional Cloud Roles, T1078.004 - Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts, T1087.004 - Account Discovery: Cloud Account, T1098 - Account Manipulation\n  - Connected from a known Tor Exit Node: 10.0.0.1\n  - 4 sensitive APIs called: cloudtrail:DeleteTrail, iam:AttachRolePolicy, iam:CreateRole, iam:ListUsers\n",
+        "id": "8c258d654378414b9bc26f61a93eb816",
+        "partition": "aws",
+        "region": "us-east-1",
+        "resource": {
+          "resourceType": "AttackSequence"
+        },
+        "schemaVersion": "2.0",
+        "service": {
+          "additionalInfo": {},
+          "archived": false,
+          "count": 1,
+          "detectorId": "111111bbbbbbbbbb5555555551111111",
+          "eventFirstSeen": "2025-02-25 20:40:06.000000000",
+          "eventLastSeen": "2025-02-25 20:40:06.000000000",
+          "featureName": "Correlation",
+          "resourceRole": "TARGET",
+          "serviceName": "guardduty"
+        },
+        "severity": 9,
+        "title": "Potential credential compromise of IAMUser/john_doe indicated by a sequence of actions.",
+        "type": "AttackSequence:IAM/CompromisedCredentials",
+        "updatedAt": "2025-02-25 20:40:06.721"
+      }
+  - Name: Critical Sev Finding As Sample Data
+    ExpectedResult: false
+    Log:
+      {
+        "accountId": "123456789012",
+        "arn": "arn:aws:guardduty:us-east-1:123456789012:detector/111111bbbbbbbbbb5555555551111111/finding/b174b38d16e34da0a4c66012083bd8f7",
+        "createdAt": "2025-02-25 20:40:06.765",
+        "description": "A sequence of actions involving 14 signals indicating a possible credential compromise one or more S3 bucket(s) was observed for IAMUser/john_doe with principalId AIDA3UBBJ2K3TVEXAMPLE in account 111122223333\nbetween eventFirstSeen and eventLastSeen with the following behaviors:\n  - 5 MITRE ATT&CK tactics observed: Exfiltration, Impact, Persistence, Defense Evasion, Discovery\n  - 5 MITRE ATT&CK techniques observed: T1526 - Cloud Service Discovery, T1098 - Account Manipulation, T1078.004 - Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts, T1485 - Data Destruction, T1530 - Data from Cloud Storage\n  - Connected from a known Tor Exit Node: 10.0.0.1\n  - 7 sensitive APIs called: s3:DeleteObject, s3:GetObject, s3:PutBucketPublicAccessBlock, cloudtrail:DeleteTrail, iam:AttachUserPolicy, s3:ListObjects, s3:ListBuckets\n",
+        "id": "b174b38d16e34da0a4c66012083bd8f7",
+        "partition": "aws",
+        "region": "us-east-1",
+        "resource": {
+          "resourceType": "AttackSequence"
+        },
+        "schemaVersion": "2.0",
+        "service": {
+          "additionalInfo": {
+            "sample": true,
+            "type": "default",
+            "value": "{\"sample\":true}"
+          },
+          "archived": false,
+          "count": 1,
+          "detectorId": "111111bbbbbbbbbb5555555551111111",
+          "eventFirstSeen": "2025-02-25 20:40:06.000000000",
+          "eventLastSeen": "2025-02-25 20:40:06.000000000",
+          "featureName": "Correlation",
+          "resourceRole": "TARGET",
+          "serviceName": "guardduty"
+        },
+        "severity": 9,
+        "title": "Potential data compromise of one or more S3 buckets involving a sequence of actions associated with IAMUser/john_doe.",
+        "type": "AttackSequence:S3/CompromisedData",
+        "updatedAt": "2025-02-25 20:40:06.765"
+      }