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HOW MATURE IS YOUR IDENTITY RESILIENCE?
Evaluate your identity resilience from first exposure to full recovery. Collect points as you go.
START NOWProtect your hybrid identity infrastructure
Do you back up on-prem Active Directory (AD), Entra ID, and Okta from all your data sources on a single, modern platform?
Are your identity backups immutable and isolated from production to reduce the attack surface?
Do you maintain a dedicated cyber vault for your most critical identity data, separate from standard backups?
Is your identity backup governed as its own tier, apart from general infrastructure backup and recovery?
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Harden your identity attack surface
Do you continuously scan AD, Entra ID, and Okta for indicators of exposure (IOEs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) before attackers find them?
Can you get a security posture score for your identity environment?
Have you identified the attack paths that could let a bad actor reach your Tier 0 assets?
Do you get actionable remediation guidance to close identity gaps proactively?
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Detect and remediate identity threats
Can you continuously monitor directory changes and configurations for indicators of compromise?
Does your identity threat detection tool share data with your SIEM/SOAR (e.g., CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, and Cisco)?
Can your team investigate and automatically remediate suspicious identity activity before it escalates into a breach?
Do you know your current dwell time for identity-based threats?
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Recover identity systems, fast and malware-free
Can you automate the recovery of your entire Active Directory forest in just a few clicks?
Can you restore Entra ID and Okta to clean, verified recovery points?
Are you able to recover multiple Domain Controllers (DCs) in parallel?
Have you tested Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) specifically for identity systems, not just apps and data?
Do you have 24/7 expert identity forensics and incident response support?
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Validate recovery with post-breach forensics
Do you validate Active Directory integrity before restoring production systems after an attack?
Can you complete post-breach forensic assessments within a defined incident window?
Once you’ve recovered identity services, can you use forensics to close backdoors and eliminate persistence before resuming operations?
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Wherever you are today, you can progress towards greater identity resilience tomorrow. We can help you strengthen your abilities to detect, withstand, and recover from identity attacks—and score 100 the next time around.
Your identity resilience score and what it means
Here’s a preliminary assessment of where you stand and recommendations for increasing your identity resilience.
If Active Directory, Entra ID, or Okta were compromised today, recovery would likely be slow, chaotic, and expensive, and you might not know how much damage was already done before you started. That said, you now have a clear starting point for building real identity resilience.
You're likely relying on generic backup tools, manual recovery processes, or no dedicated identity protection at all. You’re not alone because 40% of organizations still don’t maintain dedicated, identity-specific backup systems. Fragmented, generic tools mean less visibility, slower recovery, and more surface area for attackers to exploit.
Where you may be exposed
- You may have no dedicated backup for Active Directory or Entra ID, leaving identity protected only as an afterthought within a broader backup plan.
- Your recovery process may be undocumented, manual, or untested, forcing your team to improvise under pressure while downtime and costs climb.
- You may lack visibility into whether a backup is clean, increasing the risk of restoring malware right back into production.
- Your identity backups may be reachable from the same environment as production, meaning one compromised credential puts everything at risk.
Recommended next steps
- Implement a dedicated, AD- and Entra ID-specific backup solution.
- Isolate those backups from production.
- Document a recovery plan your team can execute without improvising.
- Enable MFA and role-based access on your backup solution to make unauthorized access harder.
How Cohesity helps
Cohesity Identity Resilience gives you dedicated, purpose-built protection for Active Directory, Entra ID, and Okta, not an afterthought bolted onto general backup. Malware-free backups, built-in isolation, and guided recovery workflows mean you can detect, withstand, and recover from identity-based attacks.
You have some identity protection in place, but it’s likely inconsistent, covering some systems and leaving gaps in others. If an attacker targeted Active Directory, Entra ID, or Okta today, you could likely start recovery, but not with confidence in your timeline or your data’s integrity.
You’re not alone: 83% of successful ransomware attacks compromise identity infrastructure, yet most organizations still treat identity backup as a secondary concern rather than a dedicated discipline. That mismatch is exactly where attackers thrive.
Where you may be exposed
- You may back up Active Directory or Entra ID, but without confirming those backups are malware-free before restoring them.
- Your recovery plan may exist on paper but hasn’t been tested against a real, identity-specific attack scenario.
- You may have visibility into some identity risk indicators, but no consistent way to monitor and remediate risks.
- Your team may be able to detect suspicious identity activity, but lack a clear, practiced process for containing it before it escalates.
Recommended next steps
- Validate that your Active Directory, Entra ID, and Okta backups are malware-free and isolated.
- Run a tabletop exercise to test your recovery plan under real conditions.
- Layer in continuous monitoring for identity-specific threats so you can catch and contain issues before they escalate.
How Cohesity helps
Cohesity Identity Resilience helps close the gap between having a plan and trusting it. Continuous exposure scanning, guided remediation, and tested recovery workflows replace assumptions with evidence, so your next tabletop exercise reflects what would actually happen.
Your identity resilience program has real substance: dedicated backups, some hardening, and a recovery plan you’ve likely tested at least once. If an attack hit today, you’d recover, but likely slower and with more manual effort than you’d like.
You’re ahead of the pack: 58% of organizations need 1 day to 7 days return to normal operations after an identity-based attack and every extra day of downtime compounds cost and risk. Closing your remaining gaps in monitoring and automation is what separates “recoverable” from “resilient.”
Where you may be exposed
- Your recovery may still involve significant manual steps, extending downtime even when your backups are sound.
- You may have limited integration between identity threat detection and your broader SOC tooling (SIEM/SOAR), slowing investigation and response.
- You may not have a clear, tested sequence for restoring Active Directory, Entra ID, and/or Okta together, risking conflicts or repeated work.
- You may not routinely validate directory integrity post-incident, leaving room for persistence mechanisms to survive recovery.
Recommended next steps
- Automate recovery sequencing across Active Directory, Entra ID, and/or Okta.
- Integrate identity threat detection with your SIEM/SOAR.
- Build post-breach forensic validation into your standard recovery process, not as an afterthought.
How Cohesity helps
Cohesity Identity Resilience automates what’s still manual in your recovery process: sequencing AD, Entra ID, and Okta recovery correctly, integrating threat detection with the SOC tools you already use, and validating directory integrity before you resume operations.
You’ve built real muscle: dedicated backups, active monitoring, and a tested recovery plan. If an attacker hit Active Directory, Entra ID, or Okta today, you’d likely detect it fast and recover with confidence, though a few gaps could still slow you down under pressure.
You’re outperforming most peers. In 2025, our identity security assessment (powered by Purple Knight) reported that the average organization scored 61 out of 100, a failing grade that represents a serious risk. You’re already ahead of that curve. What separates you from full resilience is tightening the last mile: forensics, prioritization, and continuous improvement.
Where you may be exposed
- You may detect identity threats quickly, but lack automated remediation capabilities to stop attacks that can’t wait for human intervention.
- Your post-breach forensics may be reactive rather than built into a defined incident window, extending time to full confidence in recovery.
- You may have strong controls across most of your identity environment, but blind spots in less-monitored corners: service accounts, legacy trusts, nested privileges.
- Your remediation may force your team to address exposures manually one at a time rather than being able to automatically remediate threats that can’t wait for human intervention.
Recommended next steps
- Formalize post-breach forensics with a defined incident window.
- Build a feedback loop that turns every incident and test into stronger hardening.
- Prioritize remediation based on risk to Tier 0 assets rather than order of discovery.
How Cohesity helps
Cohesity Identity Resilience closes the last mile between strong and resilient. Advanced proactive ITDR capabilities, expert-guided remediation prioritized by risk, and forensic assessments built for defined incident windows work alongside an automated, trusted recovery of your critical identity services across AD, Entra ID, and Okta.
Your identity resilience program is mature: dedicated, malware-free backups, continuous exposure management, integrated threat detection, and a tested, fast recovery process. If an attacker hit Active Directory or Entra ID today, you’d contain it, recover cleanly, and keep the business running.
You’re in rare company. Most organizations are still catching up: 9 out of 10 ransomware attacks compromise an organization’s identity system, yet the majority still lack dedicated AD and Entra ID backup and a tested recovery plan. Your job now is to maintain the edge as threats evolve.
Where you may be exposed
- Even with a mature program, you should continuously reassess exposure, not just monitor for known threats. New identity attack techniques emerge constantly.
- Your program can be quietly undermined by organizational change: M&A, cloud migration, new SaaS identity providers can all reintroduce gaps into an otherwise resilient program.
- Your team’s expertise is a strength today, but over-reliance on a small number of people creates risk if that knowledge isn’t documented and shared.
- Your biggest threat is now complacency. Regular testing keeps your recovery muscle sharp even when nothing’s on fire.
Recommended next steps
- Keep running regular recovery exercises to maintain muscle memory.
- Extend continuous exposure management to new identity providers and infrastructure as your environment evolves.
- Use your maturity as a benchmark to help less-mature parts of the business—or supply chain—catch up.
How Cohesity helps
Cohesity Identity Resilience helps you stay ahead of identity-based attacks. It continuously scans for new exposure as your identity environment evolves and keeps recovery fast and tested as threats change. Identity resilience isn’t a one-time project; it’s a standing capability, and Cohesity helps you keep it that way.