Elastic Security Detection Rules

Modification or Removal of an Okta Application Sign-On Policy

Last updated 6 months ago on 2025-07-02
Created 6 years ago on 2020-07-01

About

Detects attempts to modify or delete a sign on policy for an Okta application. An adversary may attempt to modify or delete the sign on policy for an Okta application in order to remove or weaken an organization's security controls.
Tags
Tactic: PersistenceUse Case: Identity and Access AuditData 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)

False Positive Examples
Consider adding exceptions to this rule to filter false positives if sign on policies for Okta applications are regularly modified or deleted in your organization.
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:
event.dataset:okta.system and event.action:(application.policy.sign_on.update or application.policy.sign_on.rule.delete)

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Modification or Removal of an Okta Application Sign-On 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(external, opens in a new tab or window).