Why Most ITDR Automation Strategies Either Fail Silently—or Break the Business 

This article examines why Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) often fails—either by failing silently when credential or token-based attacks look legitimate, or by causing self-inflicted disruption through overly aggressive automated responses—and recommends practical controls such as mapping identity blast radius, graduated response ladders, SIEM/SOAR integration, identity hygiene, deception-based signals, and operational testing to balance security and availability.