diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/cloud_security_posture/common/constants.ts b/x-pack/plugins/cloud_security_posture/common/constants.ts
index 3b51a6d45c9bc..a45222ebbcec9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/cloud_security_posture/common/constants.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/cloud_security_posture/common/constants.ts
@@ -13,11 +13,15 @@ export const UPDATE_RULES_CONFIG_ROUTE_PATH =
 
 export const CSP_FINDINGS_INDEX_NAME = 'findings';
 export const CIS_KUBERNETES_PACKAGE_NAME = 'cis_kubernetes_benchmark';
+export const FINDINGS_DATA_STREAM_NAME =
+  // Currently 'cis_kubernetes_benchmark.findings', To be refactored to 'cloud_security_posture.findings'
+  CIS_KUBERNETES_PACKAGE_NAME + '.' + CSP_FINDINGS_INDEX_NAME;
 export const LATEST_FINDINGS_INDEX_NAME = 'cloud_security_posture.findings_latest';
 export const BENCHMARK_SCORE_INDEX_NAME = 'cloud_security_posture.scores';
 
 export const AGENT_LOGS_INDEX_PATTERN = '.logs-cis_kubernetes_benchmark.metadata*';
-export const CSP_KUBEBEAT_INDEX_PATTERN = 'logs-cis_kubernetes_benchmark.findings*';
+export const CSP_KUBEBEAT_INDEX_PATTERN = 'logs-cis_kubernetes_benchmark.findings-*';
+export const FINDINGS_INDEX_PATTERN = 'logs-' + FINDINGS_DATA_STREAM_NAME + '-default';
 export const LATEST_FINDINGS_INDEX_PATTERN = 'logs-' + LATEST_FINDINGS_INDEX_NAME + '-default';
 export const BENCHMARK_SCORE_INDEX_PATTERN = 'logs-' + BENCHMARK_SCORE_INDEX_NAME + '-default';
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/cloud_security_posture/server/create_indices/create_transforms_indices.ts b/x-pack/plugins/cloud_security_posture/server/create_indices/create_transforms_indices.ts
index 048c122103a9e..c30bf09a60e0f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/cloud_security_posture/server/create_indices/create_transforms_indices.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/cloud_security_posture/server/create_indices/create_transforms_indices.ts
@@ -21,20 +21,22 @@ export const initializeCspTransformsIndices = async (
   esClient: ElasticsearchClient,
   logger: Logger
 ) => {
-  createIndexIfNotExists(
-    esClient,
-    LATEST_FINDINGS_INDEX_NAME,
-    LATEST_FINDINGS_INDEX_PATTERN,
-    latestFindingsMapping,
-    logger
-  );
-  createIndexIfNotExists(
-    esClient,
-    BENCHMARK_SCORE_INDEX_NAME,
-    BENCHMARK_SCORE_INDEX_PATTERN,
-    benchmarkScoreMapping,
-    logger
-  );
+  return Promise.all([
+    createIndexIfNotExists(
+      esClient,
+      LATEST_FINDINGS_INDEX_NAME,
+      LATEST_FINDINGS_INDEX_PATTERN,
+      latestFindingsMapping,
+      logger
+    ),
+    createIndexIfNotExists(
+      esClient,
+      BENCHMARK_SCORE_INDEX_NAME,
+      BENCHMARK_SCORE_INDEX_PATTERN,
+      benchmarkScoreMapping,
+      logger
+    ),
+  ]);
 };
 
 export const createIndexIfNotExists = async (
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/cloud_security_posture/server/create_transforms/benchmark_score_transform.ts b/x-pack/plugins/cloud_security_posture/server/create_transforms/benchmark_score_transform.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8837fea0fa183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/cloud_security_posture/server/create_transforms/benchmark_score_transform.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import type { TransformPutTransformRequest } from '@elastic/elasticsearch/lib/api/types';
+import {
+  LATEST_FINDINGS_INDEX_PATTERN,
+  BENCHMARK_SCORE_INDEX_PATTERN,
+} from '../../common/constants';
+
+export const benchmarkScoreTransform: TransformPutTransformRequest = {
+  transform_id: 'cloud_security_posture.score-default-0.0.1',
+  description: 'Calculate latest findings score',
+  source: {
+    index: LATEST_FINDINGS_INDEX_PATTERN,
+  },
+  dest: {
+    index: BENCHMARK_SCORE_INDEX_PATTERN,
+  },
+  frequency: '30m',
+  sync: {
+    time: {
+      field: 'event.ingested',
+      delay: '60s',
+    },
+  },
+  retention_policy: {
+    time: {
+      field: '@timestamp',
+      max_age: '30d',
+    },
+  },
+  pivot: {
+    group_by: {
+      '@timestamp': {
+        date_histogram: {
+          field: '@timestamp',
+          calendar_interval: '1m',
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    aggregations: {
+      total_findings: {
+        value_count: {
+          field: 'result.evaluation.keyword',
+        },
+      },
+      passed_findings: {
+        filter: {
+          term: {
+            'result.evaluation.keyword': 'passed',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+      failed_findings: {
+        filter: {
+          term: {
+            'result.evaluation.keyword': 'failed',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+      score_by_cluster_id: {
+        terms: {
+          field: 'cluster_id.keyword',
+        },
+        aggregations: {
+          total_findings: {
+            value_count: {
+              field: 'result.evaluation.keyword',
+            },
+          },
+          passed_findings: {
+            filter: {
+              term: {
+                'result.evaluation.keyword': 'passed',
+              },
+            },
+          },
+          failed_findings: {
+            filter: {
+              term: {
+                'result.evaluation.keyword': 'failed',
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  },
+  _meta: {
+    managed: 'true',
+  },
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/cloud_security_posture/server/create_transforms/create_transforms.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/cloud_security_posture/server/create_transforms/create_transforms.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..65a4507de2511
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/cloud_security_posture/server/create_transforms/create_transforms.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @kbn/eslint/no-restricted-paths
+import { elasticsearchClientMock } from '@kbn/core/server/elasticsearch/client/mocks';
+import { loggingSystemMock } from '@kbn/core/server/mocks';
+import { createTransformIfNotExists, startTransformIfNotStarted } from './create_transforms';
+import { latestFindingsTransform } from './latest_findings_transform';
+
+const mockEsClient = elasticsearchClientMock.createClusterClient().asScoped().asInternalUser;
+
+describe('createTransformIfNotExist', () => {
+  let logger: ReturnType<typeof loggingSystemMock.createLogger>;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    logger = loggingSystemMock.createLogger();
+    jest.resetAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('expect not to create if already exists', async () => {
+    mockEsClient.transform.getTransform.mockResolvedValue({ transforms: [], count: 1 });
+    await createTransformIfNotExists(mockEsClient, latestFindingsTransform, logger);
+    expect(mockEsClient.transform.getTransform).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockEsClient.transform.getTransform).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      transform_id: latestFindingsTransform.transform_id,
+    });
+    expect(mockEsClient.transform.putTransform).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+  });
+
+  it('expect to create if does not already exist', async () => {
+    mockEsClient.transform.getTransform.mockRejectedValue({ statusCode: 404 });
+    await createTransformIfNotExists(mockEsClient, latestFindingsTransform, logger);
+    expect(mockEsClient.transform.getTransform).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockEsClient.transform.getTransform).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      transform_id: latestFindingsTransform.transform_id,
+    });
+    expect(mockEsClient.transform.putTransform).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockEsClient.transform.putTransform).toHaveBeenCalledWith(latestFindingsTransform);
+  });
+
+  it('expect not to create if get error is not 404', async () => {
+    mockEsClient.transform.getTransform.mockRejectedValue({ statusCode: 400 });
+    await createTransformIfNotExists(mockEsClient, latestFindingsTransform, logger);
+    expect(mockEsClient.transform.getTransform).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockEsClient.transform.putTransform).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+  });
+});
+
+function getTransformWithState(state: string) {
+  return {
+    state,
+    checkpointing: { last: { checkpoint: 1 } },
+    id: '',
+    stats: {
+      documents_indexed: 0,
+      documents_processed: 0,
+      exponential_avg_checkpoint_duration_ms: 0,
+      exponential_avg_documents_indexed: 0,
+      exponential_avg_documents_processed: 0,
+      index_failures: 0,
+      index_time_in_ms: 0,
+      index_total: 0,
+      pages_processed: 0,
+      processing_time_in_ms: 0,
+      processing_total: 0,
+      search_failures: 0,
+      search_time_in_ms: 0,
+      search_total: 0,
+      trigger_count: 0,
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+describe('startTransformIfNotStarted', () => {
+  let logger: ReturnType<typeof loggingSystemMock.createLogger>;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    logger = loggingSystemMock.createLogger();
+    jest.resetAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  ['failed', 'stopping', 'started', 'aborting', 'indexing'].forEach((state) =>
+    it(`expect not to start if state is ${state}`, async () => {
+      mockEsClient.transform.getTransformStats.mockResolvedValue({
+        transforms: [getTransformWithState(state)],
+        count: 1,
+      });
+      await startTransformIfNotStarted(mockEsClient, latestFindingsTransform.transform_id, logger);
+      expect(mockEsClient.transform.getTransformStats).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(mockEsClient.transform.getTransformStats).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        transform_id: latestFindingsTransform.transform_id,
+      });
+      expect(mockEsClient.transform.startTransform).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+    })
+  );
+
+  it('expect not to start if transform not found', async () => {
+    mockEsClient.transform.getTransformStats.mockResolvedValue({
+      transforms: [],
+      count: 0,
+    });
+    await startTransformIfNotStarted(mockEsClient, latestFindingsTransform.transform_id, logger);
+    expect(mockEsClient.transform.getTransformStats).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockEsClient.transform.getTransformStats).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      transform_id: latestFindingsTransform.transform_id,
+    });
+    expect(mockEsClient.transform.startTransform).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+  });
+
+  it('expect to start if state is stopped', async () => {
+    mockEsClient.transform.getTransformStats.mockResolvedValue({
+      transforms: [getTransformWithState('stopped')],
+      count: 1,
+    });
+    await startTransformIfNotStarted(mockEsClient, latestFindingsTransform.transform_id, logger);
+    expect(mockEsClient.transform.getTransformStats).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockEsClient.transform.getTransformStats).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      transform_id: latestFindingsTransform.transform_id,
+    });
+    expect(mockEsClient.transform.startTransform).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockEsClient.transform.startTransform).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      transform_id: latestFindingsTransform.transform_id,
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/cloud_security_posture/server/create_transforms/create_transforms.ts b/x-pack/plugins/cloud_security_posture/server/create_transforms/create_transforms.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3347d5f36b5d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/cloud_security_posture/server/create_transforms/create_transforms.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+import { transformError } from '@kbn/securitysolution-es-utils';
+import { TransformPutTransformRequest } from '@elastic/elasticsearch/lib/api/types';
+import type { ElasticsearchClient, Logger } from '@kbn/core/server';
+import { latestFindingsTransform } from './latest_findings_transform';
+import { benchmarkScoreTransform } from './benchmark_score_transform';
+
+// TODO: Move transforms to integration package
+export const initializeCspTransforms = async (esClient: ElasticsearchClient, logger: Logger) => {
+  return Promise.all([
+    initializeTransform(esClient, latestFindingsTransform, logger),
+    initializeTransform(esClient, benchmarkScoreTransform, logger),
+  ]);
+};
+
+export const initializeTransform = async (
+  esClient: ElasticsearchClient,
+  transform: TransformPutTransformRequest,
+  logger: Logger
+) => {
+  return createTransformIfNotExists(esClient, transform, logger).then((succeeded) => {
+    if (succeeded) {
+      startTransformIfNotStarted(esClient, transform.transform_id, logger);
+    }
+  });
+};
+
+/**
+ * Checks if a transform exists, And if not creates it
+ *
+ * @param transform - the transform to create. If a transform with the same transform_id already exists, nothing is created or updated.
+ *
+ * @return true if the transform exits or created, false otherwise.
+ */
+export const createTransformIfNotExists = async (
+  esClient: ElasticsearchClient,
+  transform: TransformPutTransformRequest,
+  logger: Logger
+) => {
+  try {
+    await esClient.transform.getTransform({
+      transform_id: transform.transform_id,
+    });
+    return true;
+  } catch (existErr) {
+    const existError = transformError(existErr);
+    if (existError.statusCode === 404) {
+      try {
+        await esClient.transform.putTransform(transform);
+        return true;
+      } catch (createErr) {
+        const createError = transformError(createErr);
+        logger.error(
+          `Failed to create transform ${transform.transform_id}: ${createError.message}`
+        );
+      }
+    } else {
+      logger.error(
+        `Failed to check if transform ${transform.transform_id} exists: ${existError.message}`
+      );
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+};
+
+export const startTransformIfNotStarted = async (
+  esClient: ElasticsearchClient,
+  transformId: string,
+  logger: Logger
+) => {
+  try {
+    const transformStats = await esClient.transform.getTransformStats({
+      transform_id: transformId,
+    });
+    if (transformStats.count <= 0) {
+      logger.error(`Failed starting transform ${transformId}: couldn't find transform`);
+      return;
+    }
+    const fetchedTransformStats = transformStats.transforms[0];
+    if (fetchedTransformStats.state === 'stopped') {
+      try {
+        return await esClient.transform.startTransform({ transform_id: transformId });
+      } catch (startErr) {
+        const startError = transformError(startErr);
+        logger.error(`Failed starting transform ${transformId}: ${startError.message}`);
+      }
+    } else if (
+      fetchedTransformStats.state === 'stopping' ||
+      fetchedTransformStats.state === 'aborting' ||
+      fetchedTransformStats.state === 'failed'
+    ) {
+      logger.error(
+        `Not starting transform ${transformId} since it's state is: ${fetchedTransformStats.state}`
+      );
+    }
+  } catch (statsErr) {
+    const statsError = transformError(statsErr);
+    logger.error(`Failed to check if transform ${transformId} is started: ${statsError.message}`);
+  }
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/cloud_security_posture/server/create_transforms/latest_findings_transform.ts b/x-pack/plugins/cloud_security_posture/server/create_transforms/latest_findings_transform.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fc042149f3193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/cloud_security_posture/server/create_transforms/latest_findings_transform.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+import type { TransformPutTransformRequest } from '@elastic/elasticsearch/lib/api/types';
+import { FINDINGS_INDEX_PATTERN, LATEST_FINDINGS_INDEX_PATTERN } from '../../common/constants';
+
+export const latestFindingsTransform: TransformPutTransformRequest = {
+  transform_id: 'cloud_security_posture.findings_latest-default-0.0.1',
+  description: 'Defines findings transformation to view only the latest finding per resource',
+  source: {
+    index: FINDINGS_INDEX_PATTERN,
+  },
+  dest: {
+    index: LATEST_FINDINGS_INDEX_PATTERN,
+  },
+  frequency: '5m',
+  sync: {
+    time: {
+      field: 'event.ingested',
+      delay: '60s',
+    },
+  },
+  retention_policy: {
+    time: {
+      field: '@timestamp',
+      max_age: '3d',
+    },
+  },
+  latest: {
+    sort: '@timestamp',
+    unique_key: ['resource_id.keyword', 'rule.name.keyword', 'agent.id.keyword'],
+  },
+  _meta: {
+    managed: 'true',
+  },
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/cloud_security_posture/server/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/cloud_security_posture/server/plugin.ts
index a76aefb5b2070..b2108dc24a926 100755
--- a/x-pack/plugins/cloud_security_posture/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/cloud_security_posture/server/plugin.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { cspRuleTemplateAssetType } from './saved_objects/csp_rule_template';
 import { cspRuleAssetType } from './saved_objects/csp_rule_type';
 import { initializeCspRules } from './saved_objects/initialize_rules';
 import { initializeCspTransformsIndices } from './create_indices/create_transforms_indices';
+import { initializeCspTransforms } from './create_transforms/create_transforms';
 
 export interface CspAppContext {
   logger: Logger;
@@ -72,7 +73,10 @@ export class CspPlugin
     });
 
     initializeCspRules(core.savedObjects.createInternalRepository());
-    initializeCspTransformsIndices(core.elasticsearch.client.asInternalUser, this.logger);
+    initializeCspTransformsIndices(core.elasticsearch.client.asInternalUser, this.logger).then(
+      (_) => initializeCspTransforms(core.elasticsearch.client.asInternalUser, this.logger)
+    );
+
     return {};
   }
   public stop() {}