Microsoft Defender for Business vs Whiteswan Active Directory ITDR & Protection

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Whiteswan Active Directory ITDR & Protection is paid software for monitoring and enforcing on-premises identity activity after authentication. Lightweight endpoint agents for Windows and Linux evaluate activity inline against Whiteswan’s policy engine. Listed threats include DCSync, Pass-the-Ticket, Golden Ticket creation, unauthorized LDAP queries, and lateral movement. The platform discovers and maps on-premises service accounts, governs them through policy, and places Active Directory activity in the same decision engine and unified audit trail as other identity surfaces. Whiteswan says deployment requires no changes to the Active Directory schema, forest trusts, or domain controller configuration. It works alongside identity infrastructure including Okta, Microsoft, and AWS. Policy decisions, audit logs, and credentials are encrypted in transit and at rest, with keys managed separately from protected data. Whiteswan says its controls are designed and internally tested against SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 criteria, while clarifying these are not independent certifications. Pricing is on request, and the vendor invites organizations to scope a pilot.