diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/asset_inventory/components/asset_inventory_data_table.tsx b/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/asset_inventory/components/asset_inventory_data_table.tsx
index 4029338a0988..59a4decdd52d 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/asset_inventory/components/asset_inventory_data_table.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/asset_inventory/components/asset_inventory_data_table.tsx
@@ -97,10 +97,14 @@ const customCellRenderer = (rows: DataTableRecord[]): CustomCellRenderer => ({
     return <RiskBadge risk={risk} />;
   },
   [ASSET_FIELDS.ASSET_CRITICALITY]: ({ rowIndex }: EuiDataGridCellValueElementProps) => {
-    const criticality = rows[rowIndex].flattened[
-      ASSET_FIELDS.ASSET_CRITICALITY
-    ] as CriticalityLevelWithUnassigned;
-    return <AssetCriticalityBadge criticalityLevel={criticality} />;
+    const criticality = rows[rowIndex].flattened[ASSET_FIELDS.ASSET_CRITICALITY] as
+      | CriticalityLevelWithUnassigned
+      | 'deleted';
+    return (
+      <AssetCriticalityBadge
+        criticalityLevel={criticality === 'deleted' ? 'unassigned' : criticality}
+      />
+    );
   },
 });
 
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/asset_inventory/components/asset_inventory_table_section.tsx b/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/asset_inventory/components/asset_inventory_table_section.tsx
index 92e94082c456..1b9bf66a4042 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/asset_inventory/components/asset_inventory_table_section.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/asset_inventory/components/asset_inventory_table_section.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import type { Filter } from '@kbn/es-query';
 import type { AssetInventoryURLStateResult } from '../hooks/use_asset_inventory_url_state/use_asset_inventory_url_state';
-import { DEFAULT_TABLE_SECTION_HEIGHT } from '../constants';
+import { ASSET_FIELDS, DEFAULT_TABLE_SECTION_HEIGHT } from '../constants';
 import { GroupWrapper } from './grouping/asset_inventory_grouping';
 import { useAssetInventoryGrouping } from './grouping/use_asset_inventory_grouping';
 import { AssetInventoryDataTable } from './asset_inventory_data_table';
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ const GroupWithURLPagination = ({
     <GroupWrapper
       data={groupData}
       grouping={grouping}
-      renderChildComponent={(childFilters) => (
+      renderChildComponent={(currentGroupFilters) => (
         <GroupContent
-          currentGroupFilters={childFilters}
+          currentGroupFilters={currentGroupFilters}
           state={state}
           groupingLevel={1}
           selectedGroupOptions={selectedGroupOptions}
@@ -112,6 +112,44 @@ interface GroupContentProps {
   groupSelectorComponent?: JSX.Element;
 }
 
+/**
+ * This function is used to modify the filters for the asset inventory grouping
+ * It is needed because the asset.criticality field has a soft delete mechanism
+ * So asset.criticality = "deleted" should be excluded from the grouping
+ * (treated as a missing value)
+ */
+const groupFilterMap = (filter: Filter | null): Filter | null => {
+  const query = filter?.query;
+  if (query?.bool?.should?.[0]?.bool?.must_not?.exists?.field === ASSET_FIELDS.ASSET_CRITICALITY) {
+    return {
+      meta: filter?.meta ?? { alias: null, disabled: false, negate: false },
+      query: {
+        bool: {
+          filter: {
+            bool: {
+              should: [
+                { term: { [ASSET_FIELDS.ASSET_CRITICALITY]: 'deleted' } },
+                { bool: { must_not: { exists: { field: ASSET_FIELDS.ASSET_CRITICALITY } } } },
+              ],
+              minimum_should_match: 1,
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+  }
+  return query?.match_phrase || query?.bool?.should || query?.bool?.filter ? filter : null;
+};
+
+const filterTypeGuard = (filter: Filter | null): filter is Filter => filter !== null;
+
+const mergeCurrentAndParentFilters = (
+  currentGroupFilters: Filter[],
+  parentGroupFilters: string | undefined
+) => {
+  return [...currentGroupFilters, ...(parentGroupFilters ? JSON.parse(parentGroupFilters) : [])];
+};
+
 const GroupContent = ({
   currentGroupFilters,
   state,
@@ -122,16 +160,21 @@ const GroupContent = ({
 }: GroupContentProps) => {
   if (groupingLevel < selectedGroupOptions.length) {
     const nextGroupingLevel = groupingLevel + 1;
+
+    const newParentGroupFilters = mergeCurrentAndParentFilters(
+      currentGroupFilters,
+      parentGroupFilters
+    )
+      .map(groupFilterMap)
+      .filter(filterTypeGuard);
+
     return (
       <GroupWithLocalPagination
         state={state}
         groupingLevel={nextGroupingLevel}
         selectedGroup={selectedGroupOptions[groupingLevel]}
         selectedGroupOptions={selectedGroupOptions}
-        parentGroupFilters={JSON.stringify([
-          ...currentGroupFilters,
-          ...(parentGroupFilters ? JSON.parse(parentGroupFilters) : []),
-        ])}
+        parentGroupFilters={JSON.stringify(newParentGroupFilters)}
         groupSelectorComponent={groupSelectorComponent}
       />
     );
@@ -162,10 +205,12 @@ const GroupWithLocalPagination = ({
   const [subgroupPageIndex, setSubgroupPageIndex] = useState(0);
   const [subgroupPageSize, setSubgroupPageSize] = useState(10);
 
+  const groupFilters = parentGroupFilters ? JSON.parse(parentGroupFilters) : [];
+
   const { groupData, grouping, isFetching } = useAssetInventoryGrouping({
     state: { ...state, pageIndex: subgroupPageIndex, pageSize: subgroupPageSize },
     selectedGroup,
-    groupFilters: parentGroupFilters ? JSON.parse(parentGroupFilters) : [],
+    groupFilters,
   });
 
   /**
@@ -180,13 +225,14 @@ const GroupWithLocalPagination = ({
     <GroupWrapper
       data={groupData}
       grouping={grouping}
-      renderChildComponent={(childFilters) => (
+      renderChildComponent={(currentGroupFilters) => (
         <GroupContent
-          currentGroupFilters={childFilters}
+          currentGroupFilters={currentGroupFilters.map(groupFilterMap).filter(filterTypeGuard)}
           state={state}
           groupingLevel={groupingLevel}
           selectedGroupOptions={selectedGroupOptions}
           groupSelectorComponent={groupSelectorComponent}
+          parentGroupFilters={JSON.stringify(groupFilters)}
         />
       )}
       activePageIndex={subgroupPageIndex}
@@ -207,6 +253,13 @@ interface DataTableWithLocalPagination {
   parentGroupFilters?: string;
 }
 
+const getDataGridFilter = (filter: Filter | null) => {
+  if (!filter) return null;
+  return {
+    ...(filter?.query ?? {}),
+  };
+};
+
 const DataTableWithLocalPagination = ({
   state,
   currentGroupFilters,
@@ -215,12 +268,11 @@ const DataTableWithLocalPagination = ({
   const [tablePageIndex, setTablePageIndex] = useState(0);
   const [tablePageSize, setTablePageSize] = useState(10);
 
-  const combinedFilters = [
-    ...currentGroupFilters,
-    ...(parentGroupFilters ? JSON.parse(parentGroupFilters) : []),
-  ]
-    .map(({ query }) => (query?.match_phrase || query?.bool?.should ? query : null))
-    .filter(Boolean);
+  const combinedFilters = mergeCurrentAndParentFilters(currentGroupFilters, parentGroupFilters)
+    .map(groupFilterMap)
+    .filter(filterTypeGuard)
+    .map(getDataGridFilter)
+    .filter((filter): filter is NonNullable<Filter['query']> => Boolean(filter));
 
   const newState: AssetInventoryURLStateResult = {
     ...state,
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/asset_inventory/components/grouping/use_asset_inventory_grouping.ts b/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/asset_inventory/components/grouping/use_asset_inventory_grouping.ts
index 1cdecad2c7c4..67692131c22b 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/asset_inventory/components/grouping/use_asset_inventory_grouping.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/asset_inventory/components/grouping/use_asset_inventory_grouping.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import {
 } from '@kbn/cloud-security-posture-common/utils/ui_metrics';
 import { METRIC_TYPE } from '@kbn/analytics';
 
+import dedent from 'dedent';
+import type { MappingRuntimeFieldType } from '@elastic/elasticsearch/lib/api/types';
 import { useDataViewContext } from '../../hooks/data_view_context';
 import type {
   AssetInventoryURLStateResult,
@@ -159,24 +161,81 @@ export const useAssetInventoryGrouping = ({
   // This is recommended by the grouping component to cover an edge case where `selectedGroup` has multiple values
   const uniqueValue = useMemo(() => `${selectedGroup}-${uuid.v4()}`, [selectedGroup]);
 
-  const groupingQuery = getGroupingQuery({
-    additionalFilters: query ? [query, additionalFilters] : [additionalFilters],
-    groupByField: currentSelectedGroup,
-    uniqueValue,
-    pageNumber: pageIndex * pageSize,
-    size: pageSize,
-    sort: [{ groupByField: { order: 'desc' } }],
-    statsAggregations: getAggregationsByGroupField(currentSelectedGroup),
-    rootAggregations: [
-      {
-        ...(!isNoneGroup([currentSelectedGroup]) && {
-          nullGroupItems: {
-            missing: { field: currentSelectedGroup },
+  const groupingQuery = useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      ...getGroupingQuery({
+        additionalFilters: query ? [query, additionalFilters] : [additionalFilters],
+        groupByField: currentSelectedGroup,
+        uniqueValue,
+        pageNumber: pageIndex * pageSize,
+        size: pageSize,
+        sort: [{ groupByField: { order: 'desc' } }],
+        statsAggregations: getAggregationsByGroupField(currentSelectedGroup),
+        rootAggregations: [
+          {
+            ...(!isNoneGroup([currentSelectedGroup]) && {
+              nullGroupItems:
+                currentSelectedGroup === ASSET_FIELDS.ASSET_CRITICALITY
+                  ? {
+                      filter: {
+                        bool: {
+                          should: [
+                            { term: { [ASSET_FIELDS.ASSET_CRITICALITY]: 'deleted' } },
+                            {
+                              bool: {
+                                must_not: { exists: { field: ASSET_FIELDS.ASSET_CRITICALITY } },
+                              },
+                            },
+                          ],
+                          minimum_should_match: 1,
+                        },
+                      },
+                    }
+                  : { missing: { field: currentSelectedGroup } },
+            }),
           },
-        }),
+        ],
+      }),
+      runtime_mappings: {
+        groupByField: {
+          type: 'keyword' as MappingRuntimeFieldType,
+          script: {
+            source: dedent(`
+          def groupValues = [];
+          if (doc.containsKey(params['selectedGroup']) && !doc[params['selectedGroup']].empty) {
+            groupValues = doc[params['selectedGroup']];
+          }
+          // If selectedGroup is 'asset.criticality', treat 'deleted' as undefined group
+          boolean treatAsUndefined = false;
+          int count = groupValues.size();
+          if (params['selectedGroup'] == 'asset.criticality') {
+            boolean isDeleted = false;
+            for (def v : groupValues) {
+              if (v == 'deleted') {
+                isDeleted = true;
+                break;
+              }
+            }
+            treatAsUndefined = (count == 0 || count > 100 || isDeleted);
+          } else {
+            treatAsUndefined = (count == 0 || count > 100);
+          }
+          if (treatAsUndefined) {
+            emit(params['uniqueValue']);
+          } else {
+            emit(groupValues.join(params['uniqueValue']));
+          }
+        `),
+            params: {
+              selectedGroup: currentSelectedGroup,
+              uniqueValue,
+            },
+          },
+        },
       },
-    ],
-  });
+    }),
+    [currentSelectedGroup, uniqueValue, additionalFilters, query, pageIndex, pageSize]
+  );
 
   const { data, isFetching } = useFetchGroupedData({
     query: groupingQuery,
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/asset_inventory/components/grouping/utils/asset_inventory_group_renderer.tsx b/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/asset_inventory/components/grouping/utils/asset_inventory_group_renderer.tsx
index 07b19d4e73b6..4bbd3144a0ed 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/asset_inventory/components/grouping/utils/asset_inventory_group_renderer.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/asset_inventory/components/grouping/utils/asset_inventory_group_renderer.tsx
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ export const groupPanelRenderer: GroupPanelRenderer<AssetsGroupingAggregation> =
 
   switch (selectedGroup) {
     case ASSET_GROUPING_OPTIONS.ASSET_CRITICALITY:
+      const rawCriticalityLevel = firstNonNullValue(bucket.assetCriticality?.buckets?.[0]?.key) as
+        | CriticalityLevelWithUnassigned
+        | 'deleted';
+
+      const criticalityLevel =
+        rawCriticalityLevel === 'deleted' ? 'unassigned' : rawCriticalityLevel;
+
       return nullGroupMessage ? (
         <EuiFlexGroup alignItems="center">
           <EuiFlexItem>
@@ -84,13 +91,7 @@ export const groupPanelRenderer: GroupPanelRenderer<AssetsGroupingAggregation> =
           <EuiFlexItem>
             <EuiFlexGroup direction="column" gutterSize="none">
               <EuiFlexItem>
-                <AssetCriticalityBadge
-                  criticalityLevel={
-                    firstNonNullValue(
-                      bucket.assetCriticality?.buckets?.[0]?.key
-                    ) as CriticalityLevelWithUnassigned
-                  }
-                />
+                <AssetCriticalityBadge criticalityLevel={criticalityLevel} />
               </EuiFlexItem>
             </EuiFlexGroup>
           </EuiFlexItem>
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/asset_inventory/asset_inventory_data_client.ts b/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/asset_inventory/asset_inventory_data_client.ts
index ebb46ec784f1..aed5e6aebc19 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/asset_inventory/asset_inventory_data_client.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/asset_inventory/asset_inventory_data_client.ts
@@ -165,14 +165,18 @@ export class AssetInventoryDataClient {
         }
       }
 
-      await installDataView(
-        secSolutionContext.getSpaceId(),
-        secSolutionContext.getDataViewsService(),
-        ASSET_INVENTORY_DATA_VIEW_NAME,
-        ASSET_INVENTORY_INDEX_PATTERN,
-        ASSET_INVENTORY_DATA_VIEW_ID_PREFIX,
-        logger
-      );
+      try {
+        await installDataView(
+          secSolutionContext.getSpaceId(),
+          secSolutionContext.getDataViewsService(),
+          ASSET_INVENTORY_DATA_VIEW_NAME,
+          ASSET_INVENTORY_INDEX_PATTERN,
+          ASSET_INVENTORY_DATA_VIEW_ID_PREFIX,
+          logger
+        );
+      } catch (error) {
+        logger.error(`Error installing asset inventory data view: ${error.message}`);
+      }
 
       logger.debug(`Enabled asset inventory`);