diff --git a/dicom_server/core/dicom_handlers.py b/dicom_server/core/dicom_handlers.py
index ee50d198..14716779 100644
--- a/dicom_server/core/dicom_handlers.py
+++ b/dicom_server/core/dicom_handlers.py
@@ -28,16 +28,46 @@ def __init__(
 
     def handle_assoc(self, event):
         try:
+            assoc = event.assoc
+            calling_ae = assoc.requestor.ae_title.strip()
+            called_ae  = assoc.requestor.requested_ae_title.strip()
+            ip_addr    = assoc.requestor.address
+
+            # CALLED AE validation
+            if called_ae not in ALLOWED_AE_TITLES:
+                try:
+                    self.event_collector.record_rejected_assoc(
+                        ip_addr, calling_ae, called_ae, "INVALID_CALLED_AE"
+                    )    
+                except Exception:
+                    pass
+
+                assoc.reject(result=0x01, source=0x01, reason=0x07)
+                return
+
+            # CALLING AE validation
+            if calling_ae not in ALLOWED_AE_TITLES:
+                try:
+                    self.event_collector.record_rejected_assoc(
+                        ip_addr, calling_ae, called_ae, "INVALID_CALLING_AE"
+                    )
+                except Exception:
+                    pass
+
+                assoc.reject(result=0x01, source=0x01, reason=0x03)
+                return
 
+            # Only valid associations reach here
             version_name = (
-                str(event.assoc.requestor.implementation_version_name)
-                if event.assoc.requestor.implementation_version_name
+                str(assoc.requestor.implementation_version_name)
+                if assoc.requestor.implementation_version_name
                 else "N/A"
             )
-            ip = str(event.assoc.requestor.address)
-            port = event.assoc.requestor.port
+            ip = str(ip_addr)
+            port = assoc.requestor.port
             self.event_collector.session_started(ip, port, version_name)
-        except Exception as e:
+
+        except Exception:
             self.exceptions_logger.exception(
                 "Unexpected error while handling association"
             )
@@ -311,3 +341,5 @@ def get_matching_instances(self, event, instances):
                 ]
 
         return matching
+
+
diff --git a/dicom_server/core/dicom_session_manager.py b/dicom_server/core/dicom_session_manager.py
index fc828396..fceb45c2 100644
--- a/dicom_server/core/dicom_session_manager.py
+++ b/dicom_server/core/dicom_session_manager.py
@@ -9,6 +9,24 @@
 
 
 class SessionCollector(ISessionCollector):
+    @inject
+    def record_rejected_assoc(self, ip, calling_ae, called_ae, reason,
+                              redis: IRedisService = None):
+
+        if not redis:
+            return
+        try:
+            event = {
+                    "timestamp": datetime.utcnow().isoformat(),
+                    "ip": str(ip),
+                    "calling_ae": calling_ae.decode(errors="ignore") if isinstance(calling_ae, bytes) else str(calling_ae),
+                    "called_ae": called_ae.decode(errors="ignore") if isinstance(called_ae, bytes) else str(called_ae),
+                    "reason": reason,
+                }
+                redis.add_security_event(event)
+        except Exception:
+            self.exceptions_logger.exception("Failed to record rejected association to Redis")
+
     @inject
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -176,3 +194,6 @@ def session_locked(self):
 
     def set_session_id(self, s_id):
         self.session_info[sk.SESSION_ID.key] = s_id
+
+
+
diff --git a/dicom_server/core/redis_handler.py b/dicom_server/core/redis_handler.py
index fcad7900..0107b0af 100644
--- a/dicom_server/core/redis_handler.py
+++ b/dicom_server/core/redis_handler.py
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 
 
 class RedisClient(IRedisService):
+    def add_security_event(self, event):
+        key = "dicom:events:assoc_rejected"
+        payload = json.dumps(event)
+        self.redis_client.rpush(key, payload)
+        self.redis_client.ltrim(key, -10000, -1)
 
     def __init__(self, app_logger, exceptions_logger, redis_client):
 
@@ -88,3 +93,4 @@ def update_files_integrity_state(self, changed_files):
             self.exceptions_logger.exception(
                 "Unexpected error while adding integrity check identifier"
             )
+
diff --git a/dicom_server/services/dicom_session_service.py b/dicom_server/services/dicom_session_service.py
index 9cd5a138..c615f0fa 100644
--- a/dicom_server/services/dicom_session_service.py
+++ b/dicom_server/services/dicom_session_service.py
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 
 class ISessionCollector(ABC):
 
+    @abstractmethod
+    def record_rejected_assoc(self, ip, calling_ae, called_ae, reason):
+        pass
+
     @abstractmethod
     def session_started(self, ip, port, version_name) -> None:
         """Start the DICOM session on association request recieved"""
@@ -37,3 +41,4 @@ def session_locked(self) -> bool:
     def set_session_id(self, session_id) -> None:
         """Set an identifier to the current session"""
         pass
+