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Why Unified Visibility is Crucial to Stop AI-Based Identity Attacks

AI identity threats are becoming more and more common. Organizations need unified, real-time visibility into identity threat behaviors. Without it, detecting and preventing AI-powered credential stuffing, session hijacking, and privilege escalation becomes nearly impossible.
Written by
Mark Batchelor
Published on
March 17, 2025

Cybercriminals now use AI to mimic legitimate user behavior, making traditional security prevention tactics less effective. To combat these AI threats, organizations need unified, real-time visibility into identity threat behaviors. Without it, detecting and preventing AI-powered credential stuffing, session hijacking, and privilege escalation becomes nearly impossible.

Why Identity Visibility Matters

Attackers thrive on gaps in identity security. With AI, attackers are able to take control more efficiently by copying real user behavior. They’re able to exploit weak authentication, compromised credentials, poorly monitored privileged accounts, and more to infiltrate systems undetected. Without unified visibility into user activity, organizations risk the possibility of missing early warning signs that could prevent a breach.

Real-time identity threat visibility also enables security teams to monitor, analyze, and detect anomalies in user behavior before they escalate into major security incidents. It is the foundation of a strong Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) strategy. Leveraging unified, real-time visibility enables businesses to stay one step ahead of AI-based threats.

Key Strategies for Strengthening Identity Visibility

To effectively combat AI identity-based attacks, organizations must implement advanced monitoring and detection strategies. Here’s how:

  • Identity intelligence and telemetry centralization: Aggregate data from identity providers (IdPs), OSINT, authentication logs, and application access logs to create a unified view of user activity.
  • Behavioral analytics utilization: Leverage AI/ML anomaly detection to identify deviations in user behavior, flagging potential threats before they cause harm.
  • SIEM and SOAR Integration: Ensure identity signals correlate with broader security events for enhanced threat detection.

Adopting a real-time identity-centric security approach allows organizations to proactively detect anomalies, enforce access controls, and respond to suspicious activities. This prevents AI attacks from escalating into major breaches. Gaining real-time visibility into identity behaviors isn’t just an enhancement to security—it’s a necessity.

Read the full white paper to see how top companies improve their identity security strategies to fight AI attacks.

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Mark Batchelor

As the CTO and co-founder of Verosint, Mark leads with a contagious passion for cybersecurity and team building. Before coming to Verosint, Mark served as the VP of Business Development at Chainalysis enabling partners and building strategic alliances for the company. Prior to Chainalysis, he served on the executive team at Ping Identity as the Chief Solution Architect for the global sales engineering team and leading the Innovation Lab initiatives.