Semperis Identity Resilience Platform vs Whiteswan Active Directory ITDR & Protection

Semperis Identity Resilience Platform helps organizations protect Active Directory, Entra ID, Okta, Ping, and hybrid identity systems before, during, and after attacks. Its scope combines posture assessment, identity threat detection and response, recovery and forensics, and incident response and crisis management. The platform covers human and non-human identities, including service accounts, automations, and AI agents. Directory Services Protector monitors directory replication changes, identifies suspicious patterns, detects privilege misuse, and can automatically roll back malicious changes. Active Directory Forest Recovery is described as restoring AD to a trusted environment with immutable storage and post-breach forensics. Integrations include Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk, while Lightning Intelligence can send data to Microsoft Sentinel and Security Copilot through Azure components. Purple Knight is a community assessment tool with more than 218 security indicators. Semperis states ISO 27001:2013 and SOC 2 Type II certifications. Pricing is on request, and support includes next-business-day responses plus a 24-hour emergency phone line.

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.