Elastic Security Detection Rules

Attempt to Delete an Okta Policy

Last updated 5 days ago on 2024-09-23
Created 4 years ago on 2020-05-28

About

Detects 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.
Tags
Use Case: Identity and Access AuditData Source: OktaTactic: Defense Evasion
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

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

↳ Impair Defenses (T1562)(opens in a new tab or window)

False Positive Examples
Consider adding exceptions to this rule to filter false positives if Okta policies are regularly deleted in your organization.
License
Elastic License v2(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(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
event.dataset:okta.system and event.action:policy.lifecycle.delete

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Attempt to Delete an Okta Policy 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(opens in a new tab or window).