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IBM, Microsoft Deepen Security Alliance with New Identity Threat Response Services

IBM Consulting is expanding its security relationship with Microsoft by introducing enhanced identity threat detection and remediation capabilities designed to help enterprises address a growing wave of attacks targeting user accounts, credentials and access privileges.

The new offering combines Microsoft's security telemetry and enforcement tools with IBM's managed security expertise, providing organizations with a more structured approach to identifying, investigating and responding to identity-based threats.

The service builds on Microsoft Sentinel as its core data platform while adding IBM-developed analysis, monitoring and remediation workflows. According to IBM, the combined approach is intended to help security teams move beyond threat detection by correlating identity-related signals, prioritizing risk and executing policy-driven response actions across cloud, hybrid and on-premises environments. The expanded capabilities target scenarios such as compromised executive accounts, insider threats, token theft, MFA fatigue attacks and broader identity-focused intrusion campaigns.

According to IBM, the expanded services integrate identity security monitoring with incident response and remediation processes, helping enterprises address threats that increasingly target identity systems rather than traditional network perimeters. The initiative is designed to support organizations operating across cloud, hybrid and on-premises environments.

Posted by Redmondmag.com Editors on 06/17/2026

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