# Correlate CyberArk-managed accounts with AD and Entra identities > Use How Microsoft Defender for Identity protects your CyberArk identity accounts (Preview) to review this narrow operational decision without extending the source beyond its stated scope. - Canonical URL: https://update.dsesecurity.com/updates/correlate-cyberark-managed-accounts-with-ad-and-entra-identities/ - Publisher: Detection Systems & Engineering (DSE Security) - Author: DSE Security Editorial Team - Published: 2026-08-27T12:13:20+00:00 - Modified: 2026-08-27T13:01:32+00:00 - Last reviewed by DSE: 2026-08-26 - Resource type: Briefing - DSE priority: Advisory - Topics: Cybersecurity, IT, Microsoft 365 & Identity - Reading time: 3 minutes ## What you need to know Use How Microsoft Defender for Identity protects your CyberArk identity accounts (Preview) to review this narrow operational decision without extending the source beyond its stated scope. ## Potentially affected Teams, systems, services, or facilities within the stated scope of How Microsoft Defender for Identity protects your CyberArk identity accounts (Preview) ## DSE recommendation Compare the observed state with the cited official source, document applicability and exceptions, and test any approved change with rollback safeguards. ## Article Use this document to resolve one bounded operational decision: Correlate CyberArk-managed accounts with AD and Entra identities. Only the official source and traced locations below supply facts. Confirm applicability before acting. ## Source fact: The official [How Microsoft Defender for Identity protects your CyberArk identity accounts (Preview)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-for-identity/defender-for-identity-cyber-ark-overview) from Microsoft supports the following bounded statements: - After connection, CyberArk identity data is added to the identity inventory and correlated with on-premises Active Directory and Microsoft Entra identities. The research record locates this support at Opening integration overview. - Active Directory accounts managed as CyberArk PAM accounts are tagged in the inventory, subject to the documented Windows Domain Account platform condition. The research record locates this support at Capabilities table. Keep the evidence boundary at these traced claims. They support a review of identity sensors, connected directories, cloud security services, event flows, roles, alerts, and investigation handoffs; they do not support conclusions outside the source’s stated conditions. ## What the source does not establish The integration is marked Preview and does not prove every privileged account is discovered, correctly correlated, or safely remediated. No current deployment state or change approval follows from the source alone. Validate Active Directory, Windows DNS, time, certificates, cloud identity, endpoint telemetry, network paths, and security operations, and treat examples or options as conditional inputs rather than defaults. ## Applicability questions - For source statement 1 at Opening integration overview, which observable configuration, record, or test can confirm applicability here? - For source statement 2 at Capabilities table, which observable configuration, record, or test can confirm applicability here? - Which deployed instance of identity sensors, connected directories, cloud security services, event flows, roles, alerts, and investigation handoffs will be compared with the source, and why that instance? - How will the review distinguish a source mismatch from a failure in Active Directory, Windows DNS, time, certificates, cloud identity, endpoint telemetry, network paths, and security operations? - Who approves the conclusion, exception, test window, and rollback threshold? ## DSE recommendation: DSE recommends using the cited source as the evidence anchor for this decision. Anchor the review in the cited section and keep observation separate from interpretation. Record the source location, examined part of identity sensors, connected directories, cloud security services, event flows, roles, alerts, and investigation handoffs, observed and expected states, owner, and reason for deviation. If the review warrants change, use a bounded implementation with prerequisites, test population, monitoring, abort criteria, and a rehearsed reversal. Sequence checks for Active Directory, Windows DNS, time, certificates, cloud identity, endpoint telemetry, network paths, and security operations and sanitize protected material before retention. ## Verification and evidence Tie each conclusion back to Opening integration overview; Capabilities table and to observable material such as integration configuration, connectivity tests, event timestamps, alert correlation, role assignments, and case records. Preserve provenance and stable identifiers without copying secrets into the evidence set. Keep before-state evidence, approval, test or change result, exceptions, and after-state evidence together. Use an approved lab, window, or nonproduction path for risky tests. Set a recheck trigger for version, architecture, dependency, vendor, incident, or ownership change. A check proves only what was observed. ## Official references - [How Microsoft Defender for Identity protects your CyberArk identity accounts (Preview)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-for-identity/defender-for-identity-cyber-ark-overview) — Microsoft ## Primary reference - Name: How Microsoft Defender for Identity protects your CyberArk identity accounts (Preview) - Authority: Microsoft Learn - URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-for-identity/defender-for-identity-cyber-ark-overview - Source publication date: 2026-02-15 ## Citation and use Preferred citation: “Correlate CyberArk-managed accounts with AD and Entra identities,” DSE Security, https://update.dsesecurity.com/updates/correlate-cyberark-managed-accounts-with-ad-and-entra-identities/ Publishing principles: https://update.dsesecurity.com/updates/dse-updates-editorial-methodology/ Usage and citation policy: https://update.dsesecurity.com/usage/ Copyright © 2026 Detection Systems & Engineering. 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