Attackers no longer break in, they log in. To defend against compromised accounts and insider threats, organizations need in-depth visibility into IT events. Identity Threat Detection helps you spot suspicious activity and stop attackers in their tracks.

Defend against your #1 threat

From phishing mails to leaked passwords and social engineering, identity-based attacks are the most common form of attack businesses face today. Low-effort approaches such as malicious emails and password spraying are easy to automate and run at scale, resulting in a constant barrage that can wear down even the most vigilant users.

If just one attack among thousands of attempts makes it past your defenses, it can spell disaster for your organization.

Once an attacker has access to a single account on your network, they move fast, spreading to other systems, covering their tracks and lying in wait until they are ready to cause as much damage as possible.

Go from risk mitigation to proactive defense

There are many steps organizations can take to minimize the risk of a successful attack. Email filters can stop phishing attempts from hitting your users’ inboxes. MFA and conditional access help prevent unauthorized logins.

Effective access control designed around the Principle of Least Privilege (PoLP) limits the amount of damage a single compromised account can cause. These are all good ideas that you should include in your security strategy.

The problem is that no form of prevention is 100% effective. Which leaves security teams with a burning question: How can you tell if you have suffered a breach? Would you even know if an attacker was lurking in your environment right now? Or would you be left unaware until they make themselves known? Once it’s too late, your data is gone and every device has been encrypted?

With identities becoming the frontline of today’s threat landscape, organizations that want to mount an effective defense need to make Identity Security a centerpiece of their strategy. It is no longer enough to reduce risk and hope for the best.

Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR) gives you the in-depth visibility you need to see what is happening in your environment and act when it matters most.

Know your enemy, know your user

By logging and analyzing events across all systems, ITDR gives you up-to-the-minute information on exactly what is going on in your IT environment: What your users are up to, when new accounts are added or security groups are changed.

From there, filters, alerts and behavioral analytics allow you to spot suspicious activity and respond to threats quickly.

The better you understand your users’ normal behavior, the easier it becomes to identify malicious activity.

For example, most employees are only active at specific times and stick to a small number of apps, folders and resources (whatever is relevant to their current project). By contrast, some IT events are clear red flags that your security team will want to investigate right away:

• A sudden spike in (unsuccessful) logon events
• Unexpected logins to privileged accounts
• New accounts being created outside of onboarding workflows
• Changes to group policy or security settings
• Users accessing a lot of directories in a short time (outside their normal job role)

Even if there is a innocent explanation for an unusual pattern in IT activity, being aware of these events allows your IT team to investigate what is going on and rule out an account breach or insider threat. When it comes to suspicious behavior, you should always follow the approach “better safe than sorry.”

tenfold: Governance & Event Auditing in one platform

Are you tired of flying blind and want to boost your Identity Security strategy in 2026? Are you looking for a powerful Identity solution that won’t nickel and dime you with per-feature pricing?

With tenfold, you get Identity Governance, Data Access Governance and Event Auditing – all in the same platform. That means with just a single subscription, you can:

• Automate on- and offboarding with user lifecycles & role-based access
• Get a detailed breakdown of user permissions down to folders and objects
• Implement access reviews across local and cloud systems
• Investigate IT events from a centralized log with powerful filters
• Identify suspicious activity and respond to attacks quickly

Take your first steps towards Identity Threat Detection with our user-friendly, no-code platform – built from the ground up to be deployed quickly and easy to operate. It’s time to close the loop and govern with confidence, from streamlined onboarding to event auditing.

Learn more about tenfold by booking a personalized walkthrough of our solution today.

Sponsored and written by Tenfold Software.