Okta Policy Rule Updated or Deleted
Alerts on Okta policy rule update or deletion events that may indicate tampering with authorization controls.
FreeReviewedSigma · Medium · v4
- Product
- okta
- Service
- okta
- Author
- Austin Songer @austinsonger (SigmaHQ), DRL 1.1
- Published
- 2021-09-12
- Updated
- 2026-07-31
What it detects
This rule flags Okta System Log events where a policy rule is modified or deleted. Attackers may change or remove access control rules to weaken enforcement or disrupt authentication and authorization policies. The detection relies on Okta event types for policy.rule.update and policy.rule.delete in the System Log telemetry.
Reporting behind it
Changelog
v4- v4Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
- v3Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
- v2Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
- v1No changelog recorded for this version.2026-07-30
Detection content is published as a reviewed draft. Tune thresholds and exclusions against your own telemetry before enabling this rule for alerting.
okta-policy-rule-updated-or-deleted-via-policy-rule-api-events-0c97c1d3
title: Okta Policy Rule Updated or Deleted
id: 75190378-ce62-441f-8494-6ff9ee9e8ff9
status: test
description: This rule flags Okta System Log events where a policy rule is modified or deleted. Attackers may change or remove access control rules to weaken enforcement or disrupt authentication and authorization policies. The detection relies on Okta event types for policy.rule.update and policy.rule.delete in the System Log telemetry.
references:
- https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/system-log/
- https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/event-types/
- https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/master/rules/identity/okta/okta_policy_rule_modified_or_deleted.yml
author: Austin Songer @austinsonger, Huntrule Team
date: 2021-09-12
modified: 2026-04-27
tags:
- attack.impact
logsource:
product: okta
service: okta
detection:
selection:
eventType:
- policy.rule.update
- policy.rule.delete
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: medium
license: DRL-1.1
related:
- id: 0c97c1d3-4057-45c9-b148-1de94b631931
type: derived