Attempt to Delete an Okta Policy
editAttempt to Delete an Okta Policy
editDetects attempts to delete an Okta policy. An adversary may attempt to delete an Okta policy in order to weaken an organization’s security controls. For example, an adversary may attempt to delete 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: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-6m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
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Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Identity
- Okta
- Continuous Monitoring
- SecOps
- Monitoring
Version: 4 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.9.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.2
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License
Potential false positives
editConsider adding exceptions to this rule to filter false positives if Okta policies are regularly deleted in your organization.
Investigation guide
editThe Okta Fleet integration or Filebeat module must be enabled to use this rule.
Rule query
editevent.dataset:okta.system and event.action:policy.lifecycle.delete
Rule version history
edit- Version 4 (7.11.2 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 3 (7.11.0 release)
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- Rule name changed from: Attempt to Delete Okta Policy
- Version 2 (7.10.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.module:okta and event.dataset:okta.system and event.action:policy.lifecycle.delete
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