Okta HealthInsight Tasks and Recommendations

HealthInsight provides the following security tasks to improve security for an org.

Security Task Why is this recommended? Security Impact End-User Impact
Limit the number of super admin roles To ensure that org admins are not assigned more permissions than necessary. Most orgs require only a few super admins. Critical None
Enable Okta ThreatInsight to block suspicious IP addresses To detect suspicious IP addresses from credential-based attacks. Critical Low
Disable weaker MFA factors in factor enrollment policies To improve resistance to phishing and man-in-the-middle attacks. High High
Enable Okta Verify (with Push if available) for MFA To provide end users with a strong and secure factor to sign in to their org. High High
Enforce a limited session lifetime for all policies To reduce the risk of malicious third party access to an end user’s applications (when an end-user session is active). High Moderate
Enable Suspicious Activity Reporting To give end users the option to report unrecognized activity from an account activity email. High Low
Enable new sign-on email notifications To inform end users by email of any unrecognized activity from a new or unknown device or browser. High Low
Enable factor enrollment notifications To inform end users by email of new MFA enrollment activity on their account. High Low
Enable factor reset notifications To inform end users by email that MFA factors for their account have been reset. High Low
Password changed notification for end users To inform end users by email that the password for their account has changed. High Low
Use SAML or OIDC authentication for app access To leverage SAML and OIDC authentication protocols, which reduce reliance on password-based authentication. High None
Blocklist Network Zones to deny access to your Okta tenant To deny access from known suspicious IP addresses or locations from your Okta tenant. Moderate Low
Enable strong password policy settings To enforce strict password policies that define settings for password lockout, history, minimum age, and minimum length. Low Moderate
Set a required factor for MFA enrollment policies To ensure that end users assigned to a given policy are enrolled in multifactor authentication. Low High
MFA requirements Ensure that the MFA requirements are not in conflict with Behavior Detection and that the MFA policy rule is not bypassed unintentionally. Moderate None

Advisory Statement

HealthInsight and any recommendations about your security practices is not legal, security, or business advice. The HealthInsight features is intended for general informational purposes only and may not reflect the most current market and legal developments nor all relevant business or legal issues. You are responsible for obtaining legal, security, or business advice from your own lawyer or other professional advisor and should not rely on HealthInsight. Okta is not liable to you for any loss or damages that may result from your implementation of the recommendations in HealthInsight except as otherwise explicitly agreed to in the signed Master Subscription Agreement (or other such agreement addressing the same subject matter), between you and Okta.

 

Source:
https://help.okta.com/en-us/Content/Topics/Security/healthinsight/healthinsight-security-task-recomendations.htm