diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/data_access_layer/factory.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/data_access_layer/factory.ts
index 55d52d4ba3252..7b09e748c0c28 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/data_access_layer/factory.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/data_access_layer/factory.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import {
   ResolverRelatedEvents,
   ResolverTree,
   ResolverEntityIndex,
+  ResolverPaginatedEvents,
+  SafeResolverEvent,
 } from '../../../common/endpoint/types';
 
 /**
@@ -22,12 +24,54 @@ export function dataAccessLayerFactory(
   const dataAccessLayer: DataAccessLayer = {
     /**
      * Used to get non-process related events for a node.
+     * @deprecated use the new API (eventsWithEntityIDAndCategory & event) instead
      */
     async relatedEvents(entityID: string): Promise<ResolverRelatedEvents> {
-      return context.services.http.post(`/api/endpoint/resolver/${entityID}/events`, {
-        query: { events: 100 },
+      const response: ResolverPaginatedEvents = await context.services.http.post(
+        '/api/endpoint/resolver/events',
+        {
+          query: {},
+          body: JSON.stringify({
+            filter: `process.entity_id:"${entityID}" and not event.category:"process"`,
+          }),
+        }
+      );
+
+      return { ...response, entityID };
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Return events that have `process.entity_id` that includes `entityID` and that have
+     * a `event.category` that includes `category`.
+     */
+    async eventsWithEntityIDAndCategory(
+      entityID: string,
+      category: string,
+      after?: string
+    ): Promise<ResolverPaginatedEvents> {
+      return context.services.http.post('/api/endpoint/resolver/events', {
+        query: { afterEvent: after },
+        body: JSON.stringify({
+          filter: `process.entity_id:"${entityID}" and event.category:"${category}"`,
+        }),
       });
     },
+
+    /**
+     * Return up to one event that has an `event.id` that includes `eventID`.
+     */
+    async event(eventID: string): Promise<SafeResolverEvent | null> {
+      const response: ResolverPaginatedEvents = await context.services.http.post(
+        '/api/endpoint/resolver/events',
+        {
+          query: {},
+          body: JSON.stringify({ filter: `event.id:"${eventID}"` }),
+        }
+      );
+      const [oneEvent] = response.events;
+      return oneEvent ?? null;
+    },
+
     /**
      * Used to get descendant and ancestor process events for a node.
      */
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/data_access_layer/mocks/emptify_mock.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/data_access_layer/mocks/emptify_mock.ts
index 631eab18fc014..88a3052a61f74 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/data_access_layer/mocks/emptify_mock.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/data_access_layer/mocks/emptify_mock.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export function emptifyMock<T>(
   return {
     metadata,
     dataAccessLayer: {
+      ...dataAccessLayer,
       /**
        * Fetch related events for an entity ID
        */
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/data_access_layer/mocks/no_ancestors_two_children.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/data_access_layer/mocks/no_ancestors_two_children.ts
index fd086bd9b984e..09625e5726b1d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/data_access_layer/mocks/no_ancestors_two_children.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/data_access_layer/mocks/no_ancestors_two_children.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import {
   ResolverRelatedEvents,
+  SafeResolverEvent,
   ResolverTree,
   ResolverEntityIndex,
 } from '../../../../common/endpoint/types';
@@ -58,6 +59,29 @@ export function noAncestorsTwoChildren(): { dataAccessLayer: DataAccessLayer; me
         });
       },
 
+      /**
+       * Return events that have `process.entity_id` that includes `entityID` and that have
+       * a `event.category` that includes `category`.
+       */
+      async eventsWithEntityIDAndCategory(
+        entityID: string,
+        category: string,
+        after?: string
+      ): Promise<{
+        events: SafeResolverEvent[];
+        nextEvent: string | null;
+      }> {
+        const events: SafeResolverEvent[] = [];
+        return {
+          events,
+          nextEvent: null,
+        };
+      },
+
+      async event(_eventID: string): Promise<SafeResolverEvent | null> {
+        return null;
+      },
+
       /**
        * Fetch a ResolverTree for a entityID
        */
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/data_access_layer/mocks/no_ancestors_two_children_in_index_called_awesome_index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/data_access_layer/mocks/no_ancestors_two_children_in_index_called_awesome_index.ts
index 86450b25eb1da..3bbe4bcf51060 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/data_access_layer/mocks/no_ancestors_two_children_in_index_called_awesome_index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/data_access_layer/mocks/no_ancestors_two_children_in_index_called_awesome_index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   ResolverRelatedEvents,
   ResolverTree,
   ResolverEntityIndex,
+  SafeResolverEvent,
 } from '../../../../common/endpoint/types';
 import { mockEndpointEvent } from '../../mocks/endpoint_event';
 import { mockTreeWithNoAncestorsAnd2Children } from '../../mocks/resolver_tree';
@@ -69,6 +70,32 @@ export function noAncestorsTwoChildenInIndexCalledAwesomeIndex(): {
         });
       },
 
+      async eventsWithEntityIDAndCategory(
+        entityID: string,
+        category,
+        after?: string
+      ): Promise<{
+        events: SafeResolverEvent[];
+        nextEvent: string | null;
+      }> {
+        return {
+          events: [
+            mockEndpointEvent({
+              entityID,
+              eventCategory: category,
+            }),
+          ],
+          nextEvent: null,
+        };
+      },
+
+      async event(eventID: string): Promise<SafeResolverEvent | null> {
+        return mockEndpointEvent({
+          entityID: metadata.entityIDs.origin,
+          eventID,
+        });
+      },
+
       /**
        * Fetch a ResolverTree for a entityID
        */
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/data_access_layer/mocks/no_ancestors_two_children_with_related_events_on_origin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/data_access_layer/mocks/no_ancestors_two_children_with_related_events_on_origin.ts
index ec773a09ae8e0..6fb84eaf7fda6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/data_access_layer/mocks/no_ancestors_two_children_with_related_events_on_origin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/data_access_layer/mocks/no_ancestors_two_children_with_related_events_on_origin.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ import {
   ResolverRelatedEvents,
   ResolverTree,
   ResolverEntityIndex,
+  SafeResolverEvent,
 } from '../../../../common/endpoint/types';
+import * as eventModel from '../../../../common/endpoint/models/event';
 
 interface Metadata {
   /**
@@ -56,31 +58,62 @@ export function noAncestorsTwoChildrenWithRelatedEventsOnOrigin(): {
       /**
        * Fetch related events for an entity ID
        */
-      relatedEvents(entityID: string): Promise<ResolverRelatedEvents> {
+      async relatedEvents(entityID: string): Promise<ResolverRelatedEvents> {
         /**
          * Respond with the mocked related events when the origin's related events are fetched.
          **/
         const events = entityID === metadata.entityIDs.origin ? tree.relatedEvents.events : [];
 
-        return Promise.resolve({
+        return {
           entityID,
           events,
           nextEvent: null,
-        });
+        };
+      },
+
+      /**
+       * Any of the origin's related events by category.
+       * `entityID` must match the origin node's `process.entity_id`.
+       * Does not respect the `_after` parameter.
+       */
+      async eventsWithEntityIDAndCategory(
+        entityID: string,
+        category: string,
+        after?: string
+      ): Promise<{ events: SafeResolverEvent[]; nextEvent: string | null }> {
+        const events =
+          entityID === metadata.entityIDs.origin
+            ? tree.relatedEvents.events.filter((event) =>
+                eventModel.eventCategory(event).includes(category)
+              )
+            : [];
+        return {
+          events,
+          nextEvent: null,
+        };
+      },
+
+      /**
+       * Any of the origin's related events by event.id
+       */
+      async event(eventID: string): Promise<SafeResolverEvent | null> {
+        return (
+          tree.relatedEvents.events.find((event) => eventModel.eventID(event) === eventID) ?? null
+        );
       },
 
       /**
        * Fetch a ResolverTree for a entityID
        */
-      resolverTree(): Promise<ResolverTree> {
-        return Promise.resolve(tree);
+      async resolverTree(): Promise<ResolverTree> {
+        return tree;
       },
 
       /**
        * Get entities matching a document.
        */
-      entities(): Promise<ResolverEntityIndex> {
-        return Promise.resolve([{ entity_id: metadata.entityIDs.origin }]);
+      async entities(): Promise<ResolverEntityIndex> {
+        return [{ entity_id: metadata.entityIDs.origin }];
       },
     },
   };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/data_access_layer/mocks/pausify_mock.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/data_access_layer/mocks/pausify_mock.ts
index 6a4955b104b8f..a3ec667385470 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/data_access_layer/mocks/pausify_mock.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/data_access_layer/mocks/pausify_mock.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ export function pausifyMock<T>({
       }
     },
     dataAccessLayer: {
+      ...dataAccessLayer,
       /**
        * Fetch related events for an entity ID
        */
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/types.ts
index 4dc614abe3345..64147dd8feb75 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/resolver/types.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   ResolverTree,
   ResolverEntityIndex,
   SafeResolverEvent,
+  ResolverPaginatedEvents,
 } from '../../common/endpoint/types';
 
 /**
@@ -503,6 +504,21 @@ export interface DataAccessLayer {
    */
   relatedEvents: (entityID: string) => Promise<ResolverRelatedEvents>;
 
+  /**
+   * Return events that have `process.entity_id` that includes `entityID` and that have
+   * a `event.category` that includes `category`.
+   */
+  eventsWithEntityIDAndCategory: (
+    entityID: string,
+    category: string,
+    after?: string
+  ) => Promise<ResolverPaginatedEvents>;
+
+  /**
+   * Return up to one event that has an `event.id` that includes `eventID`.
+   */
+  event: (eventID: string) => Promise<SafeResolverEvent | null>;
+
   /**
    * Fetch a ResolverTree for a entityID
    */