diff --git a/apps/threat-detection/src/main/java/com/akto/threat/detection/Main.java b/apps/threat-detection/src/main/java/com/akto/threat/detection/Main.java
index b59fd2b897..c11ed062a1 100644
--- a/apps/threat-detection/src/main/java/com/akto/threat/detection/Main.java
+++ b/apps/threat-detection/src/main/java/com/akto/threat/detection/Main.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import com.akto.threat.detection.config.kafka.KafkaConsumerConfig;
 import com.akto.threat.detection.config.kafka.KafkaProducerConfig;
 import com.akto.threat.detection.constants.KafkaTopic;
+import com.akto.threat.detection.tasks.CleanupTask;
 import com.akto.threat.detection.tasks.FlushSampleDataTask;
 import com.akto.threat.detection.tasks.MaliciousTrafficDetectorTask;
 import com.akto.threat.detection.tasks.SendAlertsToBackend;
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
     new MaliciousTrafficDetectorTask(trafficKafka, internalKafka, createRedisClient()).run();
     new FlushSampleDataTask(postgres, internalKafka, KafkaTopic.ThreatDetection.MALICIOUS_EVENTS).run();
     new SendAlertsToBackend(postgres, internalKafka, KafkaTopic.ThreatDetection.ALERTS).run();
+    new CleanupTask(postgres).run();
   }
 
   public static RedisClient createRedisClient() {
diff --git a/apps/threat-detection/src/main/java/com/akto/threat/detection/db/malicious_event/MaliciousEventDao.java b/apps/threat-detection/src/main/java/com/akto/threat/detection/db/malicious_event/MaliciousEventDao.java
index 906c0785a4..2c88d3d25a 100644
--- a/apps/threat-detection/src/main/java/com/akto/threat/detection/db/malicious_event/MaliciousEventDao.java
+++ b/apps/threat-detection/src/main/java/com/akto/threat/detection/db/malicious_event/MaliciousEventDao.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -88,4 +89,11 @@ public int countTotalMaliciousEventGivenActorAndFilterId(String actor, String fi
     }
     return 0;
   }
+
+  public void deleteEventsBefore(LocalDate date) throws SQLException {
+    String sql = "DELETE FROM threat_detection.malicious_event WHERE created_at < ?";
+    PreparedStatement stmt = this.conn.prepareStatement(sql);
+    stmt.setDate(1, java.sql.Date.valueOf(date));
+    stmt.executeUpdate();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/apps/threat-detection/src/main/java/com/akto/threat/detection/tasks/CleanupTask.java b/apps/threat-detection/src/main/java/com/akto/threat/detection/tasks/CleanupTask.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b30eaf8ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/threat-detection/src/main/java/com/akto/threat/detection/tasks/CleanupTask.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package com.akto.threat.detection.tasks;
+
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.ZoneOffset;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import com.akto.threat.detection.db.malicious_event.MaliciousEventDao;
+
+public class CleanupTask implements Task {
+
+    private final MaliciousEventDao maliciousEventDao;
+    private final ScheduledExecutorService cronExecutorService = Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(1);
+
+    public CleanupTask(Connection conn) {
+        this.maliciousEventDao = new MaliciousEventDao(conn);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        this.cronExecutorService.scheduleAtFixedRate(this::cleanup, 5, 10 * 60, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+    }
+
+    private void cleanup() {
+        // Delete all records older than 7 days
+        try {
+            this.maliciousEventDao.deleteEventsBefore(LocalDate.now(ZoneOffset.UTC).minusDays(7));
+        } catch (SQLException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/threat-detection/src/main/resources/db/migration/V2__create_malicious_event_table.sql b/apps/threat-detection/src/main/resources/db/migration/V2__create_malicious_event_table.sql
index a860ee20b1..a346d0bab5 100644
--- a/apps/threat-detection/src/main/resources/db/migration/V2__create_malicious_event_table.sql
+++ b/apps/threat-detection/src/main/resources/db/migration/V2__create_malicious_event_table.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -- create schema and table for malicious events
 create schema if not exists threat_detection;
-create table if not exists threat_detection.malicious_events (
+create table if not exists threat_detection.malicious_event (
     id uuid primary key default uuid_generate_v4(),
     actor varchar(255) not null,
     filter_id varchar(255) not null,
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ create table if not exists threat_detection.malicious_events (
 );
 
 -- add index on actor and filter_id and sort data by timestamp
-create index malicious_events_actor_filter_id_timestamp_idx on threat_detection.malicious_events(actor, filter_id, timestamp desc);
+create index malicious_events_actor_filter_id_timestamp_idx on threat_detection.malicious_event(actor, filter_id, timestamp desc);