Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR)
Identity-centric threat detection and response across Active Directory / Entra ID — privilege escalation, lateral movement, account takeover, and identity misconfiguration detection + response playbooks.
In scope
- AD/Entra attack-path analysis
- Privilege escalation & lateral movement detection
- Account takeover detection
- Identity misconfiguration review
- IR playbooks for identity attacks
You receive
- ITDR assessment report
- Identity attack-path map
- Detection gaps & recommendations
- Identity IR playbooks
Tiers
Choose the depth.
Essential
Scoped
Point-in-time review for up to 1,000 users in 1 AD forest and 1 Entra ID tenant: identity misconfiguration review and attack-path analysis to privileged groups. Report with attack-path map and ranked fixes.
- Users
- 1000
- 1 AD forest and 1 Entra ID tenant
- Identity misconfiguration review
- Attack-path map to privileged accounts
- Ranked remediation list
- 1 readout
- — Detection rule engineering
- — Identity incident response playbooks
- — Review of existing detection coverage
- — Ongoing monitoring
Advanced
Scoped
Assessment for up to 5,000 users across up to 3 AD forests and Entra tenants. Adds a detection gap review for privilege escalation, lateral movement and account takeover, detection logic written for the client's SIEM, and identity incident response playbooks.
- Users
- 5000
- Up to 3 forests and tenants
- Attack-path analysis and misconfiguration review
- Detection gap analysis
- Detection logic for the client's SIEM
- Identity incident response playbooks
- Retest of fixed attack paths (1 round)
- — Ongoing detection monitoring and tuning
- — 24/7 response to identity alerts
- — SIEM or ITDR product licences
Enterprise
Scoped
Managed ITDR program with continuous detection
- — SIEM or ITDR product licences
- — Hands-on remediation in AD or Entra ID
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What's inside this engagement
Phase by phase.
How a cloud & identity assessment engagement runs, what happens in each phase and what you see. Exact scope, tier and timeline are fixed in your proposal and SOW.
01Scoping & read-only access
Accounts, subscriptions and tenants in scope, with read-only audit roles set up.
You see · Read-only access for the assessment.
02Configuration & identity review
IAM, network exposure, logging, encryption and workload configuration against CIS benchmarks and provider best practice.
You see · Nothing further.
03Attack-path analysis
Misconfigurations chained into realistic paths to sensitive data or admin control.
You see · The paths that matter, not just a list.
04Reporting & remediation plan
Prioritized findings with the exact configuration change, plus quick wins.
You see · A fix plan your platform team can run.
Commercials
From first call to final report.
- 01
Scoping call
A practitioner, not a salesperson, walks through targets, constraints and what a good outcome looks like for you.
- 02
Proposal & rules of engagement
A fixed-scope proposal with tier, price and deliverables. Rules of engagement, contacts and out-of-bounds systems are agreed in writing.
- 03
Sign, then start
MSA and SOW are signed electronically and the deposit is paid. Only then does testing begin.
- 04
Execution
Testing runs to the agreed plan. Critical findings are escalated as they are found; you don't wait for the report.
- 05
Report & debrief
An executive summary plus technical findings with evidence, reproduction steps and fixes, walked through with your team.
- 06
Retest
Where the tier includes it, we verify your fixes and reissue the report, so auditors and customers see the issues closed.
Timelines are set per engagement in the SOW.
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