persistence_administrator_privileges_assigned_to_okta_group.toml

[metadata]
creation_date = "2020/05/21"
maturity = "production"
updated_date = "2020/10/26"

[rule]
author = ["Elastic"]
description = """
Detects when an administrator role is assigned to an Okta group. An adversary may attempt to assign administrator
privileges to an Okta group in order to assign additional permissions to compromised user accounts and maintain access
to their target organization.
"""
false_positives = [
    """
    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.
    """,
]
index = ["filebeat-*", "logs-okta*"]
language = "kuery"
license = "Elastic License"
name = "Administrator Privileges Assigned to an Okta Group"
note = "The Okta Fleet integration or Filebeat module must be enabled to use this rule."
references = [
    "https://help.okta.com/en/prod/Content/Topics/Security/administrators-admin-comparison.htm",
    "https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/system-log/",
    "https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/event-types/",
]
risk_score = 47
rule_id = "b8075894-0b62-46e5-977c-31275da34419"
severity = "medium"
tags = ["Elastic", "Identity", "Okta", "Continuous Monitoring", "SecOps", "Monitoring"]
type = "query"

query = '''
event.dataset:okta.system and event.action:group.privilege.grant
'''


[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1098"
name = "Account Manipulation"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1098/"


[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0003"
name = "Persistence"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/"