About
Silverfort is a comprehensive Identity Security Platform designed to secure every dimension of identity—human users, machine accounts, service accounts, and AI agents—across cloud and on-premises environments. Unlike traditional identity security tools that struggle with legacy systems, Silverfort retrofits MFA and access controls onto systems that were previously unprotectable, including command-line tools, industrial OT networks, and service-to-service authentication. The platform provides a unified view of the entire identity infrastructure through its Identity Graph, giving security teams instant, actionable context for every access right and relationship. Key capabilities include Universal MFA (extending multi-factor authentication beyond typical limits), an Authentication Firewall for deny-based resilience, NHI Security for full visibility and control of non-human identities, and AI Agent Security to discover, monitor, and protect AI-driven workloads. Silverfort's Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM) module continuously finds and fixes identity weaknesses, while its Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) capability detects and responds to attacks in real time. Purpose-built for stopping ransomware, lateral movement, and Active Directory-based attacks, Silverfort is ideal for enterprise security teams, identity and access management (IAM) professionals, and organizations seeking compliance with cyber insurance and regulatory requirements. It integrates seamlessly with existing identity providers and security stacks, providing complete protection with minimal operational effort.
Key Features
- Universal MFA: Extends multi-factor authentication beyond traditional limits to protect legacy systems, command-line tools, and any resource that standard MFA solutions cannot reach.
- Non-Human Identity (NHI) Security: Discovers, monitors, and controls every service account, machine identity, and AI agent across the environment, eliminating blind spots in the identity attack surface.
- Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR): Detects identity-based attacks such as ransomware, lateral movement, and credential abuse in real time and enables rapid, automated response to contain breaches.
- Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM): Continuously discovers identity misconfigurations, risky accounts, and policy gaps across the entire hybrid environment and provides prioritized remediation guidance.
- Identity Graph & Access Intelligence: Maps every identity and its relationships across the infrastructure, delivering instant, actionable context around access rights and behavioral patterns for security teams.
Use Cases
- Enforcing MFA on legacy on-premises systems and industrial OT environments that cannot support traditional MFA solutions.
- Discovering and securing all service accounts and non-human identities to eliminate shadow credentials and unmanaged machine access.
- Stopping ransomware attacks and lateral movement in real time by blocking anomalous authentication requests across Active Directory and cloud directories.
- Providing identity-first incident response by containing active breaches and limiting blast radius through immediate access revocation.
- Meeting cyber insurance and regulatory compliance requirements by demonstrating complete identity visibility, MFA coverage, and privileged access governance.
Pros
- Agentless architecture: Protects legacy and modern systems alike without requiring agents or proxies, dramatically reducing deployment complexity and enabling coverage of previously unprotectable resources.
- Unified platform coverage: Consolidates MFA, NHI security, ITDR, ISPM, and privileged access into a single platform, reducing tool sprawl and providing a consistent view across hybrid environments.
- Real-time threat response: Detects and blocks identity-based attacks like lateral movement and ransomware in real time, significantly reducing dwell time and blast radius of incidents.
- AI agent security: Purpose-built support for discovering and protecting AI agents and workloads—a forward-looking capability as organizations adopt AI-driven automation.
Cons
- Enterprise-focused pricing: Silverfort is priced for enterprise organizations, making it potentially cost-prohibitive for small businesses or teams with limited security budgets.
- Implementation complexity: Deploying across a large, heterogeneous hybrid environment can require significant planning and coordination with existing identity providers and security tools.
- Limited public pricing transparency: Pricing is not publicly listed, requiring prospective customers to engage in a sales process to obtain quotes and evaluate ROI.
Frequently Asked Questions
What types of identities does Silverfort protect?
Silverfort protects human users, machine identities (service accounts, APIs), and AI agents across both cloud and on-premises environments, including legacy systems that traditional identity tools cannot reach.
Does Silverfort require agents or proxies to be deployed?
No. Silverfort uses an agentless, proxyless architecture that integrates at the authentication layer, allowing it to protect any system without modifying endpoints or deploying additional software on protected resources.
How does Silverfort stop ransomware and lateral movement?
Silverfort monitors every authentication request in real time and can block suspicious access attempts—such as those associated with ransomware propagation or lateral movement—before they succeed, using adaptive risk-based policies.
Can Silverfort enforce MFA on legacy systems?
Yes. Silverfort's Universal MFA capability extends multi-factor authentication to legacy systems, command-line interfaces, OT networks, and other environments that traditional MFA solutions cannot protect.
What compliance frameworks does Silverfort help with?
Silverfort supports compliance with major regulatory frameworks and helps organizations meet cyber insurance requirements by providing comprehensive identity visibility, MFA enforcement, and privileged access controls across the entire hybrid environment.
