Elastic Security Detection Rules

Attempt to Deactivate an Okta Policy Rule

Last updated 13 days ago on 2024-12-09
Created 5 years ago on 2020-05-21

About

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.
Tags
Use Case: Identity and Access AuditTactic: Defense EvasionData Source: Okta
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 MFA rules are regularly deactivated 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.rule.deactivate

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Attempt to Deactivate an Okta Policy Rule 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).