Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR)
Detect and neutralize identity threats, faster
Identify and respond to threats that bypass traditional identity security controls. Sophos ITDR continuously monitors your environment and delivers AI-driven risk insights.
0% of attack root causes in 2025 were linked to compromised identities
Source: Sophos Active Adversary Report 2026
0% of organizations experienced at least one identity-related security breach in the past 12 months
Source: Sophos State of Identity Security 2026
0.0 billion AI agents projected to be in operation by 2028, requiring identity governance
Source: IDC Info Snapshot, 2025
Identity threat detection and response (ITDR) practices and tools are now essential for detecting and responding to threats targeting identities.
Source: Gartner Hype Cycle™ for Digital Identity, July 2025
YOUR CHALLENGES
Elevate your identity defense to guard against expanding threats.
Identity remains one of the top access vectors for ransomware. In the past year, the Sophos X-Ops Counter Threat Unit (CTU) has observed the number of stolen credentials offered for sale on one of the dark web’s largest marketplaces has more than doubled.
Increasing attack surface
Identities now extend far beyond the network perimeter, encompassing cloud users, automation, and AI agents. Weak non-human identity management is linked to 41% of identity breaches. Source: Sophos Identity Security Report 2026
Complex IAM tools
Identity and access management systems are difficult to manage, with numerous and constantly evolving settings, policies, and configurations that threat actors target to gain access and elevate privileges.
Prevalence of stolen credentials
Cybercriminals take advantage of compromised identities to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data and systems.
WITH LEGACY TOOLS
Siloed systems
- Misconfigurations and weak policies
- Low visibility into active identity threats
- High manual effort using multiple tools
- Unaware of stolen or leaked credentials
- Prioritization and context require human time and effort
WITH SOPHOS ITDR
Full visibility with ITDR
- Uncover and prioritize security gaps fast
- Full coverage of MITRE Credential Attack techniques
- A unified platform with automatic response actions
- Identify credentials exposed on the dark web
- AI-driven risk scoring to identify your highest-risk identities
OVERVIEW
What Sophos ITDR delivers
Sophos ITDR rapidly uncovers identity risks, continuously performing over 100 identity posture checks beyond basic hygiene. The solution protects against 100% of MITRE ATT&CK Credential Access techniques, alerts you when credentials are exposed in data breaches, and identifies anomalous user activity.
Continuously monitor for misconfigurations and security gaps that attackers could exploit.
Identify when login credentials are exposed on the dark web and breach databases.
Monitor for abnormal behavior associated with insider threats, stolen credentials, or AI agent activity.
Detect identity attacks early in the attack chain, with AI-driven risk scoring to surface your highest-priority threats.
FEATURES
Comprehensive identity threat detection and response capabilities.
Reduce your identity attack surface, monitor for stolen or leaked credentials, identify risky user behavior, and protect against identity-based threats.
Key benefits of Sophos ITDR
Full visibility
The Sophos ITDR identity catalog provides a centralized view of all identities across your systems, including AI-driven Identity Risk Scoring across human and non-human identities.
Uncover identity-based risks
Continuously monitor your environment for misconfigurations and security gaps, and receive actionable recommendations.
Identify leaked credentials
Sophos ITDR scans the dark web and breach databases for evidence of leaked or stolen credentials.
Detect potentially malicious activity
User behavior analytics identifies abnormal activity associated with stolen credentials and insider threats. AI-driven reasoning explains each detection in context of that user’s history and role.
Respond with speed and precision
Execute response actions to neutralize threats: Force password resets, lock accounts that exhibit suspicious behavior, and more.
Sophos State of Identity Security 2026 Report
This inaugural report examines how identity-related security breaches unfold across organizations, what's driving them, and their business and operational impacts.
Integrated with Sophos MDR
Sophos ITDR is fully integrated with Sophos MDR, the world’s largest Agentic SOC. Identity threat detections are automatically escalated to Sophos security analysts, who investigate and respond on your behalf — locking accounts, forcing resets, and revoking sessions.
Better together: Sophos ITDR + Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID is fundamentally an Identity and Access Management (IAM) tool providing identity and group management, RBAC controls, privileged access management, and conditional access policies. Delivered in a unified console to detect and neutralize identity threats and risks, Sophos ITDR extends beyond core IAM capabilities with identity hygiene, posture assessment, dark web monitoring, advanced threat detection, and more.
Sophos ITDR has significantly improved visibility into our identity risks. Having a centralized view within our XDR platform enables us to feed the identity and misconfiguration risks Sophos ITDR has spotlighted into all our security programs, therefore improving our overall organizational cyber posture and reducing risk.
Information Security Director, Financial Services
Customer Success
Frequently asked questions
Does ITDR integrate with XDR and MDR tools?
Sophos ITDR is fully integrated with Sophos Extended Detection and Response (XDR) and Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR), the world’s largest Agentic SOC. Identity threat detections are automatically escalated to Sophos security analysts, who investigate and execute response actions on your behalf — locking accounts, forcing password resets, and revoking active sessions.
What is identity threat detection and response (ITDR)?
Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) protects organizations from attacks that target user identities instead of specific hardware or software. Today’s attackers don’t need to break in — they log in using stolen credentials, misused privileges, or compromised sessions. ITDR also covers non-human identities such as service accounts and AI agents, which increasingly operate with user-level privileges and can be exploited as attack vectors. It helps organizations reduce their identity attack surface and respond to threats with speed and precision, with full coverage of MITRE ATT&CK Credential Access techniques.
Why is ITDR critical in modern cybersecurity?
Identity has become the primary attack vector in cloud-first environments. Sophos Incident Response found that 95% of Entra ID environments contain critical misconfigurations, creating opportunities for privilege escalation and account compromise. Traditional controls such as identity access management (IAM), multi-factor authentication (MFA), and periodic audits aren’t enough. ITDR delivers continuous visibility into identity posture and risk, closing gaps before attackers can exploit them.
How is ITDR different from IAM, MFA, or traditional audits?
IAM and MFA control who can access systems, but they don’t detect misuse after someone has already authenticated. Traditional audits only provide point‑in‑time snapshots that quickly become outdated. Sophos ITDR continuously monitors identity posture, detects subtle misconfigurations, exposed credentials, and session abuse, and enables immediate containment through built-in actions or MDR intervention. It closes gaps that static tools leave behind.
How does Sophos ITDR work?
Sophos ITDR uses AI-driven risk scoring to continuously evaluate every identity — human and non-human — and surfaces the highest-risk findings with contextual reasoning that explains why each finding matters, based on that user’s history, role, and behavior. Sophos ITDR is an add-on for Sophos Extended Detection and Response (XDR) for higher fidelity detection and enables rapid containment or Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR) providing optional analyst led investigation and remediation, including actions such as disabling accounts, forcing password resets, and revoking active sessions.