Flare Launches Identity Exposure Management, Helps Enterprises and MSSPs Automate Leaked Credential Response

Stolen credentials are still the fastest way attackers break in, with data suggesting that nine out of ten web application attacks involve compromised identities. It is estimated that 50 million breached accounts are circulating weekly across Telegram and dark web markets, and traditional credential monitoring tools can’t keep pace.

Flare has launched Identity Exposure Management (IEM) that closes that gap by automating detection, validation, and remediation of leaked credentials. Built within its Threat Exposure Management platform, IEM connects directly to enterprise directories to confirm exposed accounts and trigger immediate response before attackers can use them. It’s a clear signal that the modern perimeter is no longer the network; it’s the identity.

Nick Ascoli, Flare’s Product Director told MSSP Alert, “When traditional MSSPs learn of a credential leak, the steps to confirming if credentials are valid, determining which account they belong to, and coordinating with IT to reset passwords or revoke sessions are manual and slow. Flare’s IEM automates this entire process through direct integration with Microsoft Entra ID, enabling instant validation of leaked credentials, automated remediation workflows, and faster Mean Time to Respond.”

Closing the Detection-Response Gap

The rise of infostealer malware-as-a-service has lowered the barrier for attackers to steal and weaponize credentials, often bypassing MFA and gaining immediate access to systems. Ascoli noted that the speed of these attacks demands a fully automated defense model.

“CrowdStrike reported in 2025 that hackers move laterally between systems within, on average, 48 minutes,” said Ascoli. “Yet traditional security programs take roughly 194 days to detect stolen credentials, an alarming gap that underscores how outdated detection models fail to keep pace with modern threats. With so many breached identities in circulation, the only way forward is to automate instant validation of leaked credentials to eliminate false positives and prevent the leak from turning into a breach.”

Flare’s IEM addresses this by integrating directly with Microsoft Entra ID to automatically validate and disable compromised credentials. This shrinks dwell time from days or weeks to seconds - turning identity exposures from static alerts into actionable intelligence.

“This launch represents a major step toward closing the industry’s long-standing detection–response gap,” Ascoli added. “By integrating directly with Microsoft Entra ID, Flare enables automatic validation of exposed credentials against live user data, transforming identity exposure findings from static alerts into actionable intelligence. This eliminates false positives, streamlines incident response, and allows security teams to act within minutes rather than months.”

Flare plans to extend support to other major identity providers, including Okta and Ping, further expanding the reach of automated identity-aware remediation.

Enabling Managed Identity Exposure Services

MSSPs are often the first line of defense when clients are targeted through stolen credentials. Flare designed IEM to fit directly into these environments.

“Flare’s Identity Exposure Management equips MSSPs with unified visibility,” said Ascoli. “By integrating directly with identity platforms such as Microsoft Entra ID, IEM distinguishes between active and inactive accounts, enabling immediate prioritization and automated remediation. This drastically shortens response times and reduces manual investigation workload, which is critical in multi-tenant service environments.”

Ascoli added that IEM opens the door for a new category of managed identity exposure services.

“It’s a powerful extension of MDR capabilities, providing the real-time awareness and context needed to contain threats before they escalate into intrusions,” he said. “For MDR partners, it forms an excellent foundation to build on - potentially expanding into adjacent areas such as PII and data broker removal, zero trust implementation, and shadow SaaS detection.”

By connecting external exposure intelligence with internal identity data, Flare is helping service providers move toward a comprehensive, identity-centric security model.

Flare’s expansion into automated identity protection underscores a broader shift in cybersecurity - from reactive monitoring to proactive, real-time remediation. In an era where attackers can move laterally in under an hour, reducing the response window to seconds may prove to be one of the most practical defenses yet.