Attempt to Modify an Okta Policy

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Detects attempts to modify an Okta policy. An adversary may attempt to modify an Okta policy in order to weaken an organization’s security controls. For example, an adversary may attempt to modify an Okta multi-factor authentication (MFA) policy in order to weaken the authentication requirements for user accounts.

Rule type: query

Rule indices:

  • filebeat-*
  • logs-okta*

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: None (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

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Tags:

  • Elastic
  • Identity
  • Okta
  • Continuous Monitoring
  • SecOps
  • Monitoring
  • Defense Evasion

Version: 9

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Investigation guide

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## Setup

The Okta Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule.

Rule query

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event.dataset:okta.system and event.action:policy.lifecycle.update

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM