Attempt to Deactivate an Okta Policy Rule

Detects attempts to deactivate a rule within an Okta policy. An adversary may attempt to deactivate a rule within an Okta policy in order to remove or weaken an organization’s security controls.

Rule type: query

Rule indices:

filebeat-*
logs-okta*

Severity: medium

Risk score: 47

Runs every: 5m

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

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References:

Tags:

Elastic
Identity
Okta
Continuous Monitoring
SecOps
Identity and Access
Defense Evasion

Version: 102

Rule authors:

Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Investigation guide

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Rule query

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event.dataset:okta.system and event.action:policy.rule.deactivate

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/
Technique:
- Name: Impair Defenses
- ID: T1562
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1562/
Sub-technique:
- Name: Disable or Modify Cloud Firewall
- ID: T1562.007
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1562/007/

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