RiskIQ Illuminate
Security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) software
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What is RiskIQ Illuminate
RiskIQ Illuminate is a digital risk protection and external attack surface intelligence product that helps security teams discover and monitor internet-facing assets and related threats. It is used for identifying unknown domains, IP infrastructure, certificates, and third-party exposures associated with an organization, and for investigating suspicious activity tied to those assets. The product emphasizes external visibility and enrichment from internet telemetry rather than internal log-centric detection and response workflows. It is commonly used by security operations, threat intelligence, and incident response teams to support investigations and prioritization of remediation.
Strong external asset discovery
The product focuses on mapping an organization’s external footprint, including domains, IP space, certificates, and related infrastructure. This supports identification of unknown or unmanaged internet-facing assets that can be missed by internally focused security tools. It is particularly useful for continuous monitoring of changes in external exposure over time.
Internet telemetry enrichment
Illuminate is designed to enrich investigations with context derived from internet-wide data sources (for example, DNS, WHOIS, certificate, and infrastructure relationships). This helps analysts pivot across related entities to understand ownership, hosting, and linkages between assets. The approach supports faster triage when investigating suspicious domains or infrastructure tied to the organization.
Supports threat hunting workflows
The product is commonly used to support threat hunting and incident response by correlating external indicators with observed infrastructure. It can help teams validate whether suspicious assets are connected to the organization and identify adjacent exposures (such as lookalike domains). This complements security operations programs that need external visibility beyond endpoint and SIEM data.
Not a full SOAR platform
Despite sometimes being used alongside response processes, Illuminate is not primarily a playbook-driven orchestration and automation platform. Organizations seeking case management, broad workflow automation, and extensive action integrations typically need additional tooling. As a result, it may not replace dedicated SOAR products for end-to-end response execution.
Limited internal telemetry coverage
The product’s core value centers on external attack surface and internet intelligence rather than deep ingestion and correlation of internal logs. Teams that need native SIEM-style analytics across endpoints, identity, and cloud audit logs will generally require separate platforms. This can create a split between external discovery and internal detection workflows.
Data interpretation requires expertise
Internet-scale relationship data can produce large result sets and indirect associations that require analyst judgment to interpret correctly. Without clear scoping and tuning, teams may spend time validating ownership and relevance of discovered assets. Smaller teams may find the investigation workflow demanding without dedicated threat intelligence or IR expertise.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise / Commercial | Contact Microsoft Sales (no public pricing listed) | RiskIQ Illuminate functionality has been integrated into Microsoft security offerings (Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence / Defender products). Official vendor pages (riskiq.com redirects to Microsoft) show "Contact Sales" for pricing and note it will be merged into Microsoft Defender; no public list prices or tiers are published on the vendor site. |
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Microsoft Corporation
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