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Okta User Session Impersonation
editOkta User Session Impersonation
editA user has initiated a session impersonation granting them access to the environment with the permissions of the user they are impersonating. This would likely indicate Okta administrative access and should only ever occur if requested and expected.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- filebeat-*
- logs-okta*
Severity: high
Risk score: 73
Runs every: 15m
Searches indices from: now-30m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Identity
- Okta
- Continuous Monitoring
- SecOps
- Identity and Access
- Credential Access
Version: 1
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guide
edit## Config The Okta Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule.
Rule query
editevent.dataset:okta.system and event.action:user.session.impersonation.initiate
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Credential Access
- ID: TA0006
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/