diff --git a/infrastructure/terraform/components/api/README.md b/infrastructure/terraform/components/api/README.md
index c034c9549..4c86c59f8 100644
--- a/infrastructure/terraform/components/api/README.md
+++ b/infrastructure/terraform/components/api/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ No requirements.
 | <a name="input_enable_alarms"></a> [enable\_alarms](#input\_enable\_alarms) | Enable CloudWatch alarms for this deployed environment | `bool` | `true` | no |
 | <a name="input_enable_api_data_trace"></a> [enable\_api\_data\_trace](#input\_enable\_api\_data\_trace) | Enable API Gateway data trace logging | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | <a name="input_enable_backups"></a> [enable\_backups](#input\_enable\_backups) | Enable backups | `bool` | `false` | no |
-| <a name="input_enable_event_anomaly_detection"></a> [enable\_event\_anomaly\_detection](#input\_enable\_event\_anomaly\_detection) | Enable CloudWatch anomaly detection alarm for SNS message  Detects abnormal drops or spikes in event publishing volume. | `bool` | `true` | no |
+| <a name="input_enable_event_anomaly_detection"></a> [enable\_event\_anomaly\_detection](#input\_enable\_event\_anomaly\_detection) | Enable CloudWatch anomaly detection alarm for SNS message  Detects abnormal drops or spikes in event publishing volume. | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | <a name="input_enable_event_cache"></a> [enable\_event\_cache](#input\_enable\_event\_cache) | Enable caching of events to an S3 bucket | `bool` | `true` | no |
 | <a name="input_enable_sns_delivery_logging"></a> [enable\_sns\_delivery\_logging](#input\_enable\_sns\_delivery\_logging) | Enable SNS Delivery Failure Notifications | `bool` | `true` | no |
 | <a name="input_enable_supplier_mock_scheduler"></a> [enable\_supplier\_mock\_scheduler](#input\_enable\_supplier\_mock\_scheduler) | Enable EventBridge Scheduler trigger for supplier mock lambda | `bool` | `false` | no |
diff --git a/infrastructure/terraform/components/api/locals.tf b/infrastructure/terraform/components/api/locals.tf
index da1e61630..f1e824605 100644
--- a/infrastructure/terraform/components/api/locals.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/terraform/components/api/locals.tf
@@ -47,4 +47,5 @@ locals {
     var.region,
     var.csoc_destination_account
   )
+  enable_alarms = true
 }
diff --git a/infrastructure/terraform/components/api/locals_alarms.tf b/infrastructure/terraform/components/api/locals_alarms.tf
index ac451537e..a178cb993 100644
--- a/infrastructure/terraform/components/api/locals_alarms.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/terraform/components/api/locals_alarms.tf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 locals {
-  alarms_enabled = var.enable_alarms
+  alarms_enabled = true
 
   apigw_alarm_dimensions = {
     ApiName = aws_api_gateway_rest_api.main.name
diff --git a/infrastructure/terraform/components/api/variables.tf b/infrastructure/terraform/components/api/variables.tf
index fb9cfdd74..3d16b8465 100644
--- a/infrastructure/terraform/components/api/variables.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/terraform/components/api/variables.tf
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ variable "supplier_mock_schedule_expression" {
 variable "enable_event_anomaly_detection" {
   type        = bool
   description = "Enable CloudWatch anomaly detection alarm for SNS message  Detects abnormal drops or spikes in event publishing volume."
-  default     = true
+  default     = false
 }
 
 variable "event_anomaly_evaluation_periods" {
diff --git a/infrastructure/terraform/modules/alarms-sqs/README.md b/infrastructure/terraform/modules/alarms-sqs/README.md
index 2c721eadb..2b765310c 100644
--- a/infrastructure/terraform/modules/alarms-sqs/README.md
+++ b/infrastructure/terraform/modules/alarms-sqs/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 |------|-------------|------|---------|:--------:|
 | <a name="input_age_anomaly_datapoints_to_alarm"></a> [age\_anomaly\_datapoints\_to\_alarm](#input\_age\_anomaly\_datapoints\_to\_alarm) | n/a | `number` | `3` | no |
 | <a name="input_age_anomaly_evaluation_periods"></a> [age\_anomaly\_evaluation\_periods](#input\_age\_anomaly\_evaluation\_periods) | n/a | `number` | `5` | no |
-| <a name="input_age_anomaly_sensitivity"></a> [age\_anomaly\_sensitivity](#input\_age\_anomaly\_sensitivity) | n/a | `number` | `3` | no |
+| <a name="input_age_anomaly_sensitivity"></a> [age\_anomaly\_sensitivity](#input\_age\_anomaly\_sensitivity) | n/a | `number` | `30` | no |
 | <a name="input_age_period_seconds"></a> [age\_period\_seconds](#input\_age\_period\_seconds) | n/a | `number` | `900` | no |
 | <a name="input_alarm_prefix"></a> [alarm\_prefix](#input\_alarm\_prefix) | n/a | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_queue_name"></a> [queue\_name](#input\_queue\_name) | n/a | `string` | n/a | yes |
diff --git a/infrastructure/terraform/modules/alarms-sqs/variables.tf b/infrastructure/terraform/modules/alarms-sqs/variables.tf
index c635c3973..6994b922a 100644
--- a/infrastructure/terraform/modules/alarms-sqs/variables.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/terraform/modules/alarms-sqs/variables.tf
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ variable "age_period_seconds" {
 
 variable "age_anomaly_sensitivity" {
   type    = number
-  default = 3
+  default = 30
 }
 
 variable "age_anomaly_evaluation_periods" {
diff --git a/infrastructure/terraform/modules/eventsub/README.md b/infrastructure/terraform/modules/eventsub/README.md
index 4ddc516e1..d8e85389d 100644
--- a/infrastructure/terraform/modules/eventsub/README.md
+++ b/infrastructure/terraform/modules/eventsub/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 | <a name="input_aws_account_id"></a> [aws\_account\_id](#input\_aws\_account\_id) | The AWS Account ID (numeric) | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_component"></a> [component](#input\_component) | The name of the terraformscaffold component calling this module | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_default_tags"></a> [default\_tags](#input\_default\_tags) | Default tag map for application to all taggable resources in the module | `map(string)` | `{}` | no |
-| <a name="input_enable_event_anomaly_detection"></a> [enable\_event\_anomaly\_detection](#input\_enable\_event\_anomaly\_detection) | Enable CloudWatch anomaly detection alarm for SNS topic message publishing | `bool` | `true` | no |
+| <a name="input_enable_event_anomaly_detection"></a> [enable\_event\_anomaly\_detection](#input\_enable\_event\_anomaly\_detection) | Enable CloudWatch anomaly detection alarm for SNS topic message publishing | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | <a name="input_enable_event_cache"></a> [enable\_event\_cache](#input\_enable\_event\_cache) | Enable caching of events to an S3 bucket | `bool` | `true` | no |
 | <a name="input_enable_firehose_raw_message_delivery"></a> [enable\_firehose\_raw\_message\_delivery](#input\_enable\_firehose\_raw\_message\_delivery) | Enables raw message delivery on firehose subscription | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | <a name="input_enable_sns_delivery_logging"></a> [enable\_sns\_delivery\_logging](#input\_enable\_sns\_delivery\_logging) | Enable SNS Delivery Failure Notifications | `bool` | `true` | no |
diff --git a/infrastructure/terraform/modules/eventsub/variables.tf b/infrastructure/terraform/modules/eventsub/variables.tf
index 964e90bd6..95cb92fe2 100644
--- a/infrastructure/terraform/modules/eventsub/variables.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/terraform/modules/eventsub/variables.tf
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ variable "sns_success_logging_sample_percent" {
 variable "enable_event_anomaly_detection" {
   type        = bool
   description = "Enable CloudWatch anomaly detection alarm for SNS topic message publishing"
-  default     = true
+  default     = false
 }
 
 variable "event_anomaly_evaluation_periods" {