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Assess Okta Security with cnspec

Rely on cnspec to enforce policy for your Okta domain, including users, groups, policies, rules, applications and more.

Configure access to Okta​

Create an Okta API token. Carefully record the API token and your Okta domain.

note

Okta API tokens have a fixed expiration period of 30 days.

Test access using the cnspec shell in a terminal. If your domain includes '-admin', you must remove it when specifying the organization to cnspec. For example, if your Okta URL is 'dev-22556123-admin.okta.com', specify your organization as 'dev-22556123.okta.com'.

$ cnspec shell okta --organization dev-22556123.okta.com --token <api-token>
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| (__| | | \__ \ |_) |  __/ (__
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   mondoo™     |_|
...
cnspec> okta.organization{ * }
okta.organization: {
  address2: ""
  subdomain: "dev-22556123"
  created: 2023-01-19 19:35:32 +0000 UTC
  lastUpdated: 2023-01-19 19:35:38 +0000 UTC
  country: ""
  status: "ACTIVE"
  website: "https://developer.okta.com"
  endUserSupportHelpURL: ""
  state: ""
  address1: ""
  city: ""
  phoneNumber: ""
  expiresAt: null
  supportPhoneNumber: ""
  postalCode: ""
  companyName: "okta-dev-22556123"
  id: "<REDACTED>"
}

You can also use the OKTA_CLIENT_TOKEN environment variable, which makes the --token parameter optional. Note that if both are present, the OKTA_CLIENT_TOKEN environment variable takes precedence.

$ export OKTA_CLIENT_TOKEN='00zr0k74_-s5mp13t0k3n'
$ cnspec shell okta --organization dev-22556123.okta.com
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Example queries and checks​

Query users​

Example query:

okta.users{
    profile
    status
    lastUpdated
    credentials['provider']['name']
}

Example shell output:

okta.users: [
  0: {
    status: "PROVISIONED"
    profile: &map[email:suki@lunalectric.com firstName:Suki lastName:Mbeze login:suki@lunalectric.com mobilePhone:<nil> secondEmail:<nil>]
    lastUpdated: 2023-01-20 23:49:58 +0000 UTC
    credentials[provider][name]: "OKTA"
  }
  1: {
    status: "PROVISIONED"
    profile: &map[email:alice@lunalectric.com firstName:Alice lastName:Freedman login:alice@lunalectric.com mobilePhone:<nil> secondEmail:<nil>]
    lastUpdated: 2023-01-20 23:49:41 +0000 UTC
    credentials[provider][name]: "OKTA"
  }
  2: {
    status: "RECOVERY"
    profile: &map[email:ben@lunalectric.com firstName:Ben lastName:Pesoa login:ben@lunalectric.com mobilePhone:<nil> secondEmail:<nil>]
    lastUpdated: 2023-01-19 20:14:53 +0000 UTC
    credentials[provider][name]: "OKTA"
  }
]

Audit applications​

This query will output the name, status, label, and sign-on mode for each configuration application:

okta.applications {
    status
    name
    label
    signOnMode
}

Example shell output:

okta.applications: [
  0: {
    status: "ACTIVE"
    name: "saasure"
    label: "Okta Admin Console"
    signOnMode: "OPENID_CONNECT"
  }
  1: {
    status: "ACTIVE"
    name: "okta_end_user"
    label: "Okta Dashboard"
    signOnMode: "OPENID_CONNECT"
  }
  2: {
    status: "ACTIVE"
    name: "okta_browser_plugin"
    label: "Okta Browser Plugin"
    signOnMode: "OPENID_CONNECT"
  }
  3: {
    status: "ACTIVE"
    name: "dev-22556257_pagerduty_1"
    label: "PagerDuty"
    signOnMode: "AUTO_LOGIN"
  }
]

Audit all access policies to ensure they're active​

This query finds all access policies. For each access policy found, cnquery returns the name, priority, and status. It asserts that each rule's status should be active:

okta.policies{
    accessPolicy {
        name
        priority
        status
        rules {
            status == "ACTIVE"
        }
    }
}

Example output:

okta.policies: {
  accessPolicy: [
    0: {
      status: "ACTIVE"
      rules: [
        0: {
          status == "ACTIVE": true
        }
      ]
      name: "Okta Admin Console"
      priority: 1
    }
    1: {
      status: "ACTIVE"
      rules: [
        0: {
          status == "ACTIVE": true
        }
      ]
      name: "Default Policy"
      priority: 1
    }
....

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