Cybersecurity company Secureworks Inc. today announced the launch of Taegis IDR, a new identity threat detection and response solution that it says takes 90 seconds to discover identity-related risks and configurations.

Secureworks Taegis IDR has been designed from the get-go to close security gaps proactively by leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning to detect, prioritize and respond automatically to identity-based threats across an organization environment and the dark web.

The solution seeks to address a well-known issue — identity — which regularly ranks as one of the top three access vectors for ransomware. The Secureworks Counter Threat Unit has observed a 688% increase in stolen credentials offered for sale on one of the largest dark web marketplaces recently, driving the criminal ecosystem.

Taegis IDR protects against all of MITRE ATT&CK Credential Access techniques, including kerberoasting, password spraying and brute force attacks, the company says. Kerberoasting is an attack method for cracking password hashes for service accounts in Active Directory.

It also continuously scans Microsoft Entra ID environments to identify misconfigurations and security gaps to reduce identity attack surfaces and the risk of leaked or stolen credentials. The service provides full visibility into identities within 90 seconds, enabling organizations to monitor and respond to abnormal user behaviors and exposures quickly.

Additionally, Taegis IDR protects against identity-based threats by leveraging automated playbooks for immediate response actions. Through the unification of identity threat detection and response with extended detection and response, the company says, it delivers comprehensive security across an organization’s environment. “Identity is the fuel of the cybercriminal ecosystem and today we’re cutting off their supply,” said Chief Product Officer Kyle Falkenhagen.

Falkenhagen added that the service, through identity protection combined with the latest threat intelligence, AI and broad visibility across endpoints, cloud and other applications, “uncovers misconfigurations to improve identity security posture with speed and precision.”

Secureworks was previously in the news in February when it launched a new AI service that promised to reduce the workload of security analysts by over 50%. Called Threat Score, the service assesses the risk of an alert and anticipates the likelihood of a negative impact within the context of a given organization’s operations.

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