# How to secure your Okta directory

DevFeed: [How to secure your Okta directory](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-secure-your-okta-directory-29776.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/okta-terraform/>)

Author: info@goteleport.com (Travis Gary)

Published: 2021-08-23T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [okta](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/okta.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Terraform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/terraform.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [MFA](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mfa.md>)

Tags: [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [infrastructure-as-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure-as-code.md>), [least-privilege](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/least-privilege.md>), [mfa](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mfa.md>), [okta](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/okta.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [terraform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terraform.md>)

## AI overview

A practical guide to hardening an Okta directory with Terraform. It presents security maturity levels covering strong MFA, permission-based groups, role- and attribute-based group rules, least-privilege administrator roles, and SIEM alerting for changes made outside Terraform.

## Source excerpt

The guide for Okta Directory security hardening using Terraform