Start Now
Rankings · ITDR

The 8 best ITDR solutions
in 2026.

Identity has become the primary attack surface: attackers log in more often than they break in. Identity threat detection and response watches the layer the other tools miss: authentications, sessions, tokens, and directories. Here is an honest map of the market, from EDR-vendor modules to IdP-native detection.

Last updated: July 2026

How we ranked this list

  • Attack-surface coverage: IdP, Active Directory, sessions, tokens, legacy protocols
  • Response depth: automated and inline enforcement versus alert-only detection
  • Signal interoperability: SSF/CAEP support and SIEM export
  • Deployment weight and estate fit: what you must already own for it to shine
Disclosure: Monosign ITDR is our product, and yes, we ranked it first; every vendor listicle you will read does the same. The trade-off notes for every entry, including ours, are real. Judge with a trial, not a list.
1

Monosign ITDR (Monofor)

ITDR inside the identity provider

Monosign puts detection and response in the same plane that issues the sessions. Detections are mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, and because the IdP is also the enforcement point, response is immediate: automated playbooks revoke sessions, disable accounts, or force step-up MFA the moment a detection fires. Bidirectional SSF/CAEP support exchanges risk signals with the rest of your stack, and everything exports to your SIEM.

Best for: Teams that want identity threat detection where enforcement actually lives (the IdP) instead of another alert feed.
Strengths
  • MITRE ATT&CK-mapped detections at the authentication layer
  • Automated response playbooks: revoke sessions, disable accounts, step-up MFA
  • Bidirectional SSF/CAEP: receives and transmits shared security signals
  • Full event export to your SIEM
  • Built into the IdP: no separate sensor rollout or integration project
Considerations
  • Strongest when Monosign is your identity provider
  • Newer brand than the EDR-vendor ITDR incumbents
Explore Monosign ITDR
Start free trial →See pricing
2

Microsoft Entra ID Protection

Risk engine native to Entra

Microsoft’s identity-risk engine is built directly into Entra ID, scoring sign-in and user risk from Microsoft’s vast signal graph and feeding conditional access policies natively. For Entra-centric estates it is the path of least resistance.

Best for: Organizations standardized on Entra ID and Microsoft licensing who want identity risk wired into conditional access.
Strengths
  • Native Entra integration: risk feeds conditional access directly
  • Signal scale from Microsoft’s global telemetry
  • Part of the broader Microsoft security ecosystem
Considerations
  • Scope is centered on Entra ID identities
  • Fuller capabilities are tied to higher Microsoft licensing tiers
3

CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Protection

Endpoint-vendor ITDR with inline enforcement

CrowdStrike extends the Falcon platform into identity, watching Active Directory and Entra ID authentication traffic and enforcing policy inline, blocking or challenging suspicious authentications in real time rather than only alerting on them.

Best for: Falcon shops that want identity attacks correlated with endpoint telemetry in one platform.
Strengths
  • Inline enforcement on live authentication traffic
  • Shared platform and telemetry with Falcon endpoint protection
  • Strong coverage of AD-centric attack techniques
Considerations
  • Strongest value when paired with the Falcon endpoint estate
  • A module in a larger platform, priced accordingly
4

Okta Identity Threat Protection

IdP-native continuous risk

Okta’s answer to ITDR evaluates risk continuously, not just at login, and can respond mid-session by terminating sessions or requiring re-authentication. It leans on shared signals from Okta’s security-partner ecosystem.

Best for: Okta customers who want post-login, continuous risk evaluation inside their existing IdP.
Strengths
  • Continuous risk assessment beyond the initial login
  • Session-level response: terminate, re-authenticate
  • Shared-signals ecosystem with security partners
Considerations
  • Scoped to the Okta tenant and ecosystem
  • SaaS-only, like the rest of Okta
5

Silverfort

Auth-layer coverage including legacy protocols

Silverfort sits on the authentication layer itself and extends protection to what most tools cannot see: Kerberos, NTLM, and LDAP traffic, command-line access, and service accounts. It adds MFA and detection to systems that could never support them natively.

Best for: Estates with heavy Active Directory, legacy protocols, and service accounts that mainstream ITDR tools miss.
Strengths
  • Covers Kerberos, NTLM, and LDAP: the legacy blind spot
  • Protects service accounts and legacy systems without agents on them
  • Extends MFA to resources that cannot do it natively
Considerations
  • A complement to your IdP, not a replacement for it
  • Enterprise-focused deployment and pricing
6

Semperis

AD and Entra attack detection and recovery

Semperis specializes in the directory itself: detecting attack paths and malicious changes in Active Directory and Entra ID, and, its signature capability, recovering an entire AD forest after a destructive attack.

Best for: Organizations whose crown jewel is Active Directory and who need credible directory recovery, not just detection.
Strengths
  • Deep AD attack-path and change detection
  • Directory backup and full forest recovery
  • Focused expertise in directory security
Considerations
  • Directory-centric scope rather than the full session layer
  • Recovery-oriented; pair it with session-level response elsewhere
7

SentinelOne Singularity Identity

Deception plus identity attack surface

Built on the Attivo Networks acquisition, SentinelOne’s identity offering combines deception (decoy credentials and assets that expose attackers who touch them) with assessment of the AD attack surface, inside the Singularity platform.

Best for: SentinelOne customers who want deception techniques layered onto identity defense.
Strengths
  • Deception-based detection with decoy credentials and assets
  • AD attack-surface assessment
  • Shared platform with SentinelOne endpoint protection
Considerations
  • Strongest inside a SentinelOne estate
  • Deception programs need tuning and upkeep to stay effective
8

Cisco Identity Intelligence

Cross-IdP identity analytics

Born from Cisco’s Oort acquisition, Identity Intelligence takes an analytics-first approach: it connects to your identity providers (plural) and surfaces posture gaps, dormant accounts, and anomalous behavior across all of them, feeding the broader Cisco security portfolio.

Best for: Multi-IdP organizations, especially Cisco/Duo shops, that want a cross-provider view of identity risk.
Strengths
  • Cross-IdP visibility instead of a single-vendor lens
  • Posture analytics: dormant accounts, weak MFA, risky behavior
  • Integrates with Duo and the Cisco security portfolio
Considerations
  • Analytics-first; response runs through integrations rather than natively
  • One piece of a much larger Cisco portfolio
Vendor descriptions are based on publicly available information as of July 2026. All trademarks belong to their respective owners. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.
FAQ

Common questions.

What is ITDR, and how is it different from SIEM or EDR?
EDR watches endpoints; SIEM aggregates logs from everywhere and leaves correlation to you. ITDR focuses on the identity layer specifically (authentication events, sessions, tokens, directory changes, MFA anomalies), where most modern breaches actually happen. The best ITDR tools do not just detect there, they respond there: revoking sessions and disabling accounts, not just raising another alert.
Why is the identity provider a natural place for ITDR?
The IdP already sees every authentication and issues every session, so it has the richest signal and, critically, it is the enforcement point. Detection and response in the same system means a detected threat can lose its session in the same second, with no integration lag between the tool that noticed and the tool that can act. Honest caveat: standalone ITDR tools earn their place in multi-IdP estates or where legacy protocols like Kerberos and NTLM dominate; that is Silverfort’s territory.
What are SSF and CAEP?
The Shared Signals Framework (SSF) is an OpenID Foundation standard for transmitting security events between systems, and CAEP (the Continuous Access Evaluation Profile) builds on it for session-related events like revocation and credential change. Together they let one vendor’s detection trigger another vendor’s response: your EDR flags a device, your IdP kills the session. Bidirectional support means a tool can both send and receive these signals.
Is this list biased? Monofor is ranked first.
Yes, Monosign ITDR is our product and we ranked it first, like every vendor list you will read. What we promise: the strengths and considerations for every vendor above are real and based on public information, including where competitors are genuinely stronger (Silverfort on legacy protocol coverage, Semperis on AD forest recovery, for example). Verify everything in a trial.

Ready to start managing
identities the right way?

Spin up a fully-loaded trial tenant in under five minutes. No credit card. No sales gate.

Start free trial →Talk with our experts