diff --git a/pkg/event/events.go b/pkg/event/events.go
index 984021d728..2383fcd55e 100644
--- a/pkg/event/events.go
+++ b/pkg/event/events.go
@@ -59,7 +59,12 @@ func buildPolicyEventMessage(resp engineapi.RuleResponse, resource engineapi.Res
 		fmt.Fprintf(&b, "; %s", resp.Message())
 	}
 
-	return b.String()
+	msg := b.String()
+	if len(msg) > 1024 {
+		msg = msg[0:1021] + "..."
+	}
+
+	return msg
 }
 
 func NewPolicyAppliedEvent(source Source, engineResponse engineapi.EngineResponse) Info {
diff --git a/pkg/event/events_test.go b/pkg/event/events_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94ac657410
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/event/events_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package event
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	engineapi "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/engine/api"
+	"gotest.tools/assert"
+)
+
+func TestMessageLength(t *testing.T) {
+	msg := "policy psa/baseline fail: Validation rule 'baseline' failed. It violates PodSecurity \"restricted:latest\": (Forbidden reason: allowPrivilegeEscalation != false, field error list: [spec.containers[0].securityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation is forbidden, forbidden values found: nil])(Forbidden reason: unrestricted capabilities, field error list: [spec.containers[0].securityContext.capabilities.drop: Required value])(Forbidden reason: host namespaces, field error list: [spec.hostNetwork is forbidden, forbidden values found: true])(Forbidden reason: hostPath volumes, field error list: [spec.volumes[1].hostPath is forbidden, forbidden values found: /run/xtables.lock, spec.volumes[2].hostPath is forbidden, forbidden values found: /lib/modules])(Forbidden reason: privileged, field error list: [spec.containers[0].securityContext.privileged is forbidden, forbidden values found: true])(Forbidden reason: restricted volume types, field error list: [spec.volumes[1].hostPath: Forbidden, spec.volumes[2].hostPath: Forbidden])(Forbidden reason: runAsNonRoot != true, field error list: [spec.containers[0].securityContext.runAsNonRoot: Required value])(Forbidden reason: seccompProfile, field error list: [spec.containers[0].securityContext.seccompProfile.type: Required value])"
+	assert.Assert(t, len(msg) > 1024)
+
+	resp := engineapi.NewRuleResponse("podSecurity", engineapi.Validation, msg, engineapi.RuleStatusFail)
+
+	resource := &engineapi.ResourceSpec{
+		Kind:       "Pod",
+		APIVersion: "v1",
+		Namespace:  "default",
+		UID:        "9005aec3-f779-4d19-985b-3ff51a695cca",
+	}
+
+	eventMsg := buildPolicyEventMessage(*resp, *resource, true)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1024, len(eventMsg))
+}