diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/telemetry/helpers.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/telemetry/helpers.test.ts
index 77c78c4dba28d..0d2fca197e74d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/telemetry/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/telemetry/helpers.test.ts
@@ -14,13 +14,15 @@ import {
   LIST_TRUSTED_APPLICATION,
 } from './constants';
 import {
+  extractEndpointPolicyConfig,
   getPreviousDiagTaskTimestamp,
   getPreviousDailyTaskTimestamp,
   batchTelemetryRecords,
   isPackagePolicyList,
   templateExceptionList,
 } from './helpers';
-import { ExceptionListItem } from './types';
+import type { ExceptionListItem } from './types';
+import { PolicyData } from '../../../common/endpoint/types';
 
 describe('test diagnostic telemetry scheduled task timing helper', () => {
   test('test -5 mins is returned when there is no previous task run', async () => {
@@ -220,3 +222,39 @@ describe('list telemetry schema', () => {
     expect(templatedItems[0]?.trusted_application).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
+
+describe('test endpoint policy data config extraction', () => {
+  const stubPolicyData = {
+    id: '872de8c5-85cf-4e1b-a504-9fd39b38570c',
+    version: 'WzU4MjkwLDFd',
+    name: 'Test Policy Data',
+    namespace: 'default',
+    description: '',
+    package: {
+      name: 'endpoint',
+      title: 'Endpoint Security',
+      version: '1.4.1',
+    },
+    enabled: true,
+    policy_id: '499b5aa7-d214-5b5d-838b-3cd76469844e',
+    output_id: '',
+    inputs: [
+      {
+        type: 'endpoint',
+        enabled: true,
+        streams: [],
+        config: null,
+      },
+    ],
+    revision: 1,
+    created_at: '2022-01-18T14:52:17.385Z',
+    created_by: 'elastic',
+    updated_at: '2022-01-18T14:52:17.385Z',
+    updated_by: 'elastic',
+  } as unknown as PolicyData;
+
+  test('can succeed when policy config is null or empty', async () => {
+    const endpointPolicyConfig = extractEndpointPolicyConfig(stubPolicyData);
+    expect(endpointPolicyConfig).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/telemetry/helpers.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/telemetry/helpers.ts
index 37f6debd50257..3abd17b47b73b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/telemetry/helpers.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/telemetry/helpers.ts
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ import moment from 'moment';
 import type { ExceptionListItemSchema } from '@kbn/securitysolution-io-ts-list-types';
 import { PackagePolicy } from '../../../../fleet/common/types/models/package_policy';
 import { copyAllowlistedFields, exceptionListEventFields } from './filters';
-import { ExceptionListItem, ListTemplate, TelemetryEvent } from './types';
+import type { ExceptionListItem, ListTemplate, TelemetryEvent } from './types';
 import {
   LIST_DETECTION_RULE_EXCEPTION,
   LIST_ENDPOINT_EXCEPTION,
   LIST_ENDPOINT_EVENT_FILTER,
   LIST_TRUSTED_APPLICATION,
 } from './constants';
-import { TrustedApp } from '../../../common/endpoint/types';
+import { TrustedApp, PolicyData } from '../../../common/endpoint/types';
 
 /**
  * Determines the when the last run was in order to execute to.
@@ -200,6 +200,14 @@ export const templateExceptionList = (listData: ExceptionListItem[], listType: s
  * @param label_list the list of labels to create standardized UsageCounter from
  * @returns a string label for usage in the UsageCounter
  */
-export function createUsageCounterLabel(labelList: string[]): string {
-  return labelList.join('-');
-}
+export const createUsageCounterLabel = (labelList: string[]): string => labelList.join('-');
+
+/**
+ * Resiliantly handles an edge case where the endpoint config details are not present
+ *
+ * @returns the endpoint policy configuration
+ */
+export const extractEndpointPolicyConfig = (policyData: PolicyData | null) => {
+  const epPolicyConfig = policyData?.inputs[0]?.config?.policy;
+  return epPolicyConfig ? epPolicyConfig : null;
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/telemetry/tasks/endpoint.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/telemetry/tasks/endpoint.ts
index a06aac19d313b..fd57082cb0a38 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/telemetry/tasks/endpoint.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/telemetry/tasks/endpoint.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { TelemetryReceiver } from '../receiver';
 import { TaskExecutionPeriod } from '../task';
 import {
   batchTelemetryRecords,
+  extractEndpointPolicyConfig,
   getPreviousDailyTaskTimestamp,
   isPackagePolicyList,
 } from '../helpers';
@@ -129,11 +130,11 @@ export function createTelemetryEndpointTaskConfig(maxTelemetryBatch: number) {
             packagePolicies
               .map((pPolicy) => pPolicy as PolicyData)
               .forEach((pPolicy) => {
-                if (pPolicy.inputs[0].config !== undefined) {
+                if (pPolicy.inputs[0]?.config !== undefined && pPolicy.inputs[0]?.config !== null) {
                   pPolicy.inputs.forEach((input) => {
                     if (
                       input.type === FLEET_ENDPOINT_PACKAGE &&
-                      input.config !== undefined &&
+                      input?.config !== undefined &&
                       policyInfo !== undefined
                     ) {
                       endpointPolicyCache.set(policyInfo, pPolicy);
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ export function createTelemetryEndpointTaskConfig(maxTelemetryBatch: number) {
           }
 
           const { cpu, memory, uptime } = endpoint.endpoint_metrics.Endpoint.metrics;
+          const endpointPolicyDetail = extractEndpointPolicyConfig(policyConfig);
 
           return {
             '@timestamp': taskExecutionPeriod.current,
@@ -210,7 +212,7 @@ export function createTelemetryEndpointTaskConfig(maxTelemetryBatch: number) {
             endpoint_meta: {
               os: endpoint.endpoint_metrics.host.os,
             },
-            policy_config: policyConfig !== null ? policyConfig?.inputs[0].config.policy : {},
+            policy_config: endpointPolicyDetail !== null ? endpointPolicyDetail : {},
             policy_response:
               failedPolicy !== null && failedPolicy !== undefined
                 ? {