Elastic Security Detection Rules

Administrator Role Assigned to an Okta User

Last updated 13 days ago on 2024-12-09
Created 4 years ago on 2020-11-06

About

Identifies when an administrator role is assigned to an Okta user. An adversary may attempt to assign an administrator role to an Okta user in order to assign additional permissions to a user account and maintain access to their target's environment.
Tags
Data Source: OktaUse Case: Identity and Access AuditTactic: Persistence
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

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

↳ Account Manipulation (T1098)(opens in a new tab or window)

False Positive Examples
Administrator roles may be assigned to Okta users by a Super Admin user. Verify that the behavior was expected. Exceptions can be added to this rule to filter expected behavior.
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:user.account.privilege.grant

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Administrator Role Assigned to an Okta User 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).