ETM Identity Overview

In today’s threat landscape, identities are the new perimeter. ETM Identity empowers organizations to proactively detect identity-related risks, enforce security policies, and strengthen their zero-trust strategy. Whether you are managing Active Directory environments or hybrid infrastructures, ETM Identity helps you stay ahead of attackers.

ETM Identity improves and tracks the security of an organization’s identity infrastructure. It aims to lower the risks linked to digital identities, access permissions, and authentication processes across the organization. 

ETM Identity helps organizations identify identity-related risks, monitor their security, and take steps to prevent threats. It is an integral part of a zero-trust security approach, which considers identities the main defense line.

Importance of Protecting Active Directory

Active Directory (AD) remains the core identity and access management system for enterprises worldwide. However, it is also one of the most targeted attack surfaces by cyber criminals due to its central role in managing authentication, authorization, and policies. Most of the organizations rely on Active Directory to manage user identities and access. This widespread adoption makes AD a prime target for attackers, as compromising AD often means gaining keys to the organization. Attackers increasingly exploit weak configurations, insufficient protections, and legacy practices to infiltrate identity infrastructure.

Common Weaknesses in Active Directory Security

The following are the common weaknesses attackers find in Active Directory.

• Authentication Gaps

  • No advanced Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) protection mechanisms enabled.

  • Legacy cloud authentication is still used.

  • Missing content-based MFA protections.

  • No advanced password protection.

• Identity Lifecycle and Privilege Risks
  • Poor user lifecycle management.
  • Insufficient protections for local accounts.
  • Insecure Active Directory configurations.
• Identity threats

  Often, they do not involve software vulnerabilities but abuse legitimate credentials. This requires behavioral analytics, real-time monitoring, and identity threat detection, capabilities beyond traditional VM tools.
  AD Security: A breach in AD can lead to significant lateral movement and unauthorized access to critical systems, making it a high-risk area that requires specialized attention

• Monitoring and Detection Gaps
  • Lack of Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) coverage
  • Lack of effective detection controls
• Hybrid and Infrastructure Vulnerabilities
  • Missing security barrier between cloud and on-premise AD
  • Insecure operating system configurations
  • Resource exposure to public access
  • Insufficient device security controls

Unified Cyber Risk Management for Identity Infrastructure

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, managing cyber risks has become a top priority for organizations striving to protect their critical assets. ETM Identity offers a revolutionary approach to understanding and mitigating these risks through the TruRisk™ Management (ETM) platform. By seamlessly integrating data from Qualys solutions and third-party security tools, ETM Identity empowers organizations to gain a comprehensive view of their identity-related cyber threats. This overall approach not only streamlines risk management efforts but also improves the effectiveness of protecting identity infrastructure.   

Key Features of ETM Identity

The following key features can be described as:

• Integrate data from Qualys solutions (like VMDR) and third-party identity and security tools, enabling a unified Cyber Risk Posture Management (TruRisk) for identity infrastructure.
• Provides a single pane of glass for managing identity-related cyber risks, ensuring that organizations have one integrated solution to monitor and act on identity posture.
• Reduces Risk of Data Breaches

  Prevents unauthorized access to sensitive data and systems by continuously monitoring and securing identities.

• Ensuring Regulatory Compliance

  Many regulations (such as GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS) mandate strong identity governance. ETM Identity helps organizations stay compliant by enforcing proper access controls.

• Improving Operational Efficiency

  Automating identity governance and access management reduces manual effort for IT and security teams, while simplifying secure user access.

• Protecting Brand and Trust

  By minimizing the chances of identity-driven breaches, ETM Identity helps preserve customer trust and organizational reputation.  

Benefits of Using  ETM Identity

The following are the benefits of using ETM Identity:

• Identity Risk Identification

  Stay on top of the critical Identity risks before they impact the business.

• Team Capabilities

  Create the capability of proactively securing Identity and AD risk to drive better business outcomes.

• Build a complete picture to reduce risk, reduce cost

  Single security platform to measure, communicate, and eliminate identity-related risk.