Microsoft Defender for Identity

OVERVIEW

Identity threat detection and response for the SOC

Use Defender for Identity to deliver enriched identity insights and help your security operations teams better prevent, detect, and respond to identity-based cyberthreats.

Gain a deeper understanding of your organization’s unique identity landscape. Dedicated sensors and connectors provide rich insights into the identities, environments and applications that make up your identity fabric. These signals are then automatically correlated with data from other security domains to further augment and enrich insights across the platform.
Surface identity-specific identities to streamline your security hardening, incident investigation, and threat-response initiatives.
Automate response to identity threats and compromised identities to stop identity cyberattacks in real time.

Capabilities

Prevent, detect, and respond to advanced identity threats across your identity fabric with Defender.

Dedicated sensors for on-premises infrastructure

Specialized sensors monitor critical on-premises identity infrastructure to provide unparalleled visibility and protection.

Native integration with Microsoft Entra ID

Integration between Microsoft Entra and Defender for Identity fosters collaboration across identity and security teams with consistent data, alerts, and workflows across teams and experiences.

Purpose-built connectors

Platform-level connectors bring insights from cloud identity providers and other elements of modern identity fabrics to further extend protection and enrich your understanding of your overall identity footprint.

Proactive posture and vulnerability management

Minimize your cyberattack surface area and harden your security posture with identity-specific recommendations to resolve vulnerabilities and close potential attack paths.

Advanced identity-threat detections

Spot identity cyberthreats in real time with preconfigured alerts and detections for common and emerging cyberattack patterns.

Powerful automation

Respond to threats at machine speed. Immediately restrict identities confirmed as compromised so they can’t persist in your organization or be further exploited.

Streamlined deployment

Quickly activate identity protections for qualifying on-premises infrastructure with the new pre-installed agent.

Enhanced identity inventory

Deliver true identity-level insights with linkages between accounts across environments, applications, and vendors.

Non-human identity protection

Monitor, secure, and manage non-human identities across your organization with Microsoft Defender for Identity.

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CUSTOMER STORIES

Trusted by organizations of all sizes and industries

When Siemens pivoted to a cloud-first approach, it turned to Microsoft Security solutions as the base for its Zero Trust posture and implemented a range of security solutions, including Microsoft Defender for Identity, to create the blueprint for ongoing, dynamic security enhancements.