Elastic Security Detection Rules

New Okta Identity Provider (IdP) Added by Admin

Last updated a month ago on 2026-04-10
Created 3 years ago on 2023-11-06

About

Detects the creation of a new Identity Provider (IdP) by a Super Administrator or Organization Administrator within Okta.
Tags
Use Case: Identity and Access AuditTactic: PersistenceData Source: OktaLanguage: kuery
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

Persistence (TA0003)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Modify Authentication Process (T1556)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Defense Evasion (TA0005)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Domain or Tenant Policy Modification (T1484)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Modify Authentication Process (T1556)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

License
Elastic License v2(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Query (Kibana Query Language)
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
filebeat-*logs-okta*
Related Integrations

okta(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Query
text code block:
data_stream.dataset: "okta.system" and event.action: "system.idp.lifecycle.create" and okta.outcome.result: "SUCCESS"

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect New Okta Identity Provider (IdP) Added by Admin in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(external, opens in a new tab or window).