Forestall

What Forestall does

Forestall is an Ankara, Türkiye-based cybersecurity vendor founded in 2020 that sells an agentless Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM) and Identity Visibility & Intelligence Platform (IVIP) to enterprise security and IT teams. The platform uses connector-based, read-only collection — with no Domain Admin privileges or endpoint agents — to discover identities, map privilege escalation paths, and surface misconfigurations across hybrid Active Directory, Entra ID, and Microsoft 365 environments (including Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, DNS, ADCS, WSUS, and SCCM). It is delivered as a unified core platform surrounded by six integrated modules: Identity Attack Surface Management, Identity Risk Assessment (with MITRE ATT&CK-mapped, context-aware scoring), Attack Path Management (graph-based escalation paths, Shadow Admin discovery, chokepoint analysis), Compliance (CIS, STIG, Microsoft, ISO 27001, NIST, PCI DSS, SAMA, NCA ECC, UAE IAR baselines), Credential Discovery (SMB share scanning with extensible regex), and Reporting Automation (role-based bundles for Executive, SOC, IT Ops, and Audit). Underlying technical differentiators include the access graph, MITRE ATT&CK mapping, broad framework coverage, and original security research output (e.g., Onelogon vulnerability, Azure Managed Identity token extraction).

The company monetizes through enterprise subscription licenses priced per assessed identity object on annual billing, supplemented by professional services for onboarding, and wraps a 100% channel-first go-to-market around the product — supporting distributors, VARs, MSPs, and MSSPs globally with sales enablement, technical onboarding, demo/PoC support, and roadmap sessions. A no-commitment 1-day Proof of Value engagement is used as the primary land motion, and partners can attach recurring services (monitoring, assessments, remediation advisory). Target buyers are segmented by role (Red Team, IAM, System Administrator, CISO) and by threat (ransomware, APT groups, insider threat, NHI/AI agent identity compromise). Forestall is independently certified to ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27701, and ISO 9001, advertises a battle-tested footprint of 10M+ identities and 500M+ relations across 200+ enterprise IAM environments, and has no disclosed external funding.

Name

Forestall

Legal name

Forestall

Website

https://forestall.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Forestall is an Ankara-based cybersecurity vendor founded in 2020 that sells an agentless Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM) and Identity Visibility & Intelligence Platform (IVIP) to enterprise security and IT teams globally via a 100% channel-first model, covering Active Directory, Entra ID, and Microsoft 365 attack surface, attack path, compliance, and credential exposure.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Identity Security Posture Management

NAICS

Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) (561621), Security Systems Services (56162)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Access Security & Identity Threat Detection (ITDR, UEBA for Identity) (HDADAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR) (HDAEAJAH), Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) (HDAEAJAE), Access Management & Policy Enforcement (Authorization, ZTNA integration) (HDAEAJAG), Attack Surface Management (EASM/CAASM) (HDADAHAC)

Keywords

• Identity security posture management
• Attack path management
• Privileged access security
• Identity risk assessment
• Compliance monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Dubai

HQ country

United Arab Emirates

HQ region

Middle East

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Enterprise Software Subscription: Forestall licenses its ISPM platform to enterprise customers on a subscription basis. Pricing is based on the number of assessed identity objects. The company targets enterprise security teams and government organizations requiring identity posture management across hybrid Active Directory and Entra ID environments. The revenue model includes professional services for onboarding, with dedicated customer success managers for enterprise plans.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Forestall is an agentless Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM) and Identity Visibility & Intelligence Platform (IVIP) that discovers identity exposures, maps privilege escalation paths, and reduces risk across human identities, service accounts, and non-human identities in hybrid Active Directory, Entra ID, and Microsoft 365 environments. The platform operates via read-only, connector-based collection that does not require Domain Admin privileges or endpoint agents, delivering a unified access graph with context-aware risk scoring, MITRE ATT&CK mapping, compliance scoring across multiple regulatory frameworks, and automated reporting. It is delivered as a single licensed platform with integrated modules for attack surface management, risk assessment, attack path visualization, compliance, credential discovery, and reporting automation.

Product overview

Forestall is an agentless Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM) and Identity Visibility & Intelligence Platform (IVIP) delivered as a unified platform with six integrated modules. The core Forestall Platform provides the foundational discovery, analysis, and visualization engine. Around this core, six specialized modules operate: Identity Attack Surface Management for continuous mapping of identities and privileges; Identity Risk Assessment for prioritized risk scoring and vulnerability lifecycle management; Attack Path Management for graph-based escalation path detection and Shadow Admin discovery; Compliance for GPO/RSoP baseline comparison and regulatory framework scoring; Credential Discovery for detecting exposed secrets in file shares; and Reporting Automation for scheduled, role-based report generation and distribution. All modules share the same data layer and access graph, enabling correlated analysis across attack surface, risk, paths, compliance, and credentials.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Forestall Platform Agentless Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM) and Identity Visibility & Intelligence Platform (IVIP) licensed to enterprise security teams on a subscription basis, based on the number of assessed identity objects. Discovers identity exposures, maps privilege escalation paths, scores risk against MITRE ATT&CK, supports compliance reporting across ISO 27001, NIST, PCI DSS, SAMA, NCA ECC, UAE IAR, CIS, and STIG, and produces audit-ready evidence without requiring Domain Admin privileges or endpoint agents.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% of incidents involve the identity plane (Mandiant)
• +6 more outcomes

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability5 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Distributors, VARs, MSPs, and MSSPs (Partner Program)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorForestall operates a 100% channel-first partner model supporting distributors, VARs, MSPs, and MSSPs across all major markets globally. The program provides partner training and certification, sales plays and messaging guidance, demo/PoC support, technical onboarding and best practices, roadmap updates and product sessions, and co-selling support when relevant. Partners can deliver results within days due to the agentless, low-touch deployment approach. The program enables partners to build recurring services including monitoring, assessments, and remediation advisory as new revenue streams.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft Defender for Identity: Microsoft's native identity threat detection product bundled with M365 and Entra ID licensing. Competes with Forestall on identity attack surface and posture for customers already deeply invested in the Microsoft ecosystem, but is positioned as a feature rather than a dedicated ISPM platform.
• CyberArk (Identity Security Platform): CyberArk is the dominant privileged access management vendor that has expanded into identity threat detection and posture management. Competes with Forestall for identity security budget among large enterprises with established PAM programs.
• BeyondTrust (Identity Security Insights): BeyondTrust offers privileged access management and identity security with Active Directory and Azure AD attack path analysis. Competes with Forestall on attack path management and privilege visibility, positioned as part of a broader PAM portfolio.
• CrowdStrike Falcon Identity Threat Detection: CrowdStrike bundles identity threat detection as part of its Falcon platform, acquired from Preempt. Competes with Forestall for identity security budget within enterprises that have consolidated endpoint and identity detection onto CrowdStrike's XDR suite.

Direct peers

• Saviynt: Saviynt provides identity governance and administration (IGA) with identity security posture management capabilities. Competes with Forestall on identity hygiene and compliance evidence for enterprises needing both governance and posture visibility in a unified platform.
• Silverfort: Silverfort provides unified identity threat detection and response across AD, Entra ID, and on-prem workloads using a proxy-based architecture. Competes with Forestall on identity attack surface visibility for the same enterprise security teams, with adjacent positioning in zero trust enforcement.
• SpecterOps (BloodHound Enterprise): SpecterOps commercializes BloodHound Enterprise, an attack path management platform for Active Directory with graph-based privilege escalation analysis. Competes head-to-head with Forestall's Attack Path Management module on the same red team and identity security buyer persona.
• Tenable (Tenable Identity Exposure / formerly Alsid): Tenable Identity Exposure is the most direct competitor to Forestall, providing agentless AD and Entra ID security posture management with attack path visualization. Both target identity misconfigurations and privilege escalation paths in hybrid Microsoft identity environments with similar enterprise buyer profiles.
• Obsidian Security: Obsidian Security provides identity security posture management and threat detection for SaaS and cloud identity. Competes with Forestall in the identity threat detection category with comparable enterprise sales motion and focus on misconfiguration and attack path visibility.

Emerging players

• Push Security: Push Security is an emerging identity security vendor focused on SaaS identity posture and attack detection for modern cloud-first environments. Comparable to Forestall in identity threat detection focus but with greater emphasis on SaaS app identity rather than on-prem AD.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@forestall-security
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/forestall-security
• Xx.com/forestallio

Compliance10 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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