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See Every Path to Compromise—Then Break It

Full access graph visualization with automated privilege escalation path detection, Shadow Admin discovery, and chokepoint analysis. Understand how identities chain together to reach your most critical assets.

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Core Features

  • Complete Access Graph
  • Automated Path Detection
  • Interactive Analysis
  • Chokepoint & Tier Analysis

From Isolated Findings to Connected Attack Paths

The Challenge

Individual identity risks rarely tell the full story. A misconfigured delegation, a stale service account, and an excessive group membership might each look low-risk in isolation — but chained together, they form a privilege escalation path from a standard workstation to Tier 0.

Our Solution

Forestall maps all on-premises and cloud identities into a complete access graph, then automatically detects privilege escalation paths and Shadow Admins. Interactive visualization, built-in queries, and chokepoint analysis help teams break the most dangerous paths with minimal remediation effort.

Think Like an Attacker

Find Shadow Admins

Fix at Chokepoints

Interactive Exploration

Custom Query Builder

Continuous Path Monitoring

Core Capabilities

Graph-powered attack path analysis that reveals how identities connect, where privilege escalation happens, and which fixes eliminate the most paths at once.

Complete Access Graph

Map all identity objects and relationships into a unified graph that reveals the true access topology of your environment.

  • Map on-premises and cloud identities and relationships into a complete access graph
  • Provide intuitive graph visualizations for attack path analysis
  • Enable an interactive graph interface for manual access reviews
Complete Access Graph

Automated Path Detection

Automatically discover privilege escalation paths and Shadow Admins without manual exploration or query writing.

  • Automatically detect privilege escalation paths and label Shadow Admins
  • Deliver built-in queries tailored to different object types for holistic assessments
  • Surface paths that chain low-risk exposures into high-impact escalation routes
Automated Path Detection

Interactive Analysis

Explore the access graph interactively with built-in queries and a query builder for custom path investigations.

  • Enable an interactive graph interface for manual access reviews
  • Include a query builder to uncover custom and complex attack paths
  • Deliver built-in queries tailored to different object types
Interactive Analysis

Chokepoint & Tier Analysis

Identify the highest-leverage remediation points that eliminate the most attack paths with the least operational effort.

  • Automate tier model analysis to highlight chokepoints
  • Mitigate paths with minimal effort by fixing chokepoint objects
  • Prioritize remediation based on the number of paths each fix eliminates
Chokepoint & Tier Analysis

Real-World Use Cases

Shadow Admin Discovery and Remediation

Scenario: Security leadership suspects that many identities have indirect administrative access through delegation chains and group nesting, but cannot quantify the scope.

How Forestall helps:

  • Automatically label all Shadow Admins with paths to Tier 0
  • Quantify the total number of indirect administrative paths
  • Identify chokepoint objects whose remediation eliminates the most Shadow Admin paths
  • Track Shadow Admin count reduction over successive remediation cycles
Outcome: The team discovers that 10% of objects are Shadow Admins and systematically reduces that number by fixing chokepoint delegation chains and group memberships.

Incident Response Path Analysis

Scenario: During a live incident, the SOC needs to understand what a compromised identity can reach and which critical assets are at risk.

How Forestall helps:

  • Instantly visualize all paths from the compromised identity to Tier 0 and critical assets
  • Identify which relationships and delegations enable lateral movement
  • Determine the shortest path to Domain Admin or equivalent
  • Show which other identities share the same escalation paths
Outcome: SOC analysts understand the blast radius of the compromise in minutes instead of hours, enabling faster containment decisions.

Tier Model Validation

Scenario: The security architecture team has implemented a tier model but needs to validate that it is actually enforced—that no paths exist from lower tiers to Tier 0.

How Forestall helps:

  • Automate tier model analysis across the entire identity environment
  • Detect all paths that violate tier boundaries
  • Identify which objects and relationships create tier boundary violations
  • Track tier model enforcement improvement over time
Outcome: Architecture teams get evidence-based validation of their tier model rather than relying on policy documentation alone.

Proactive Attack Surface Reduction

Scenario: The security team wants to reduce the number of exploitable paths proactively, before any incident occurs, using a data-driven approach.

How Forestall helps:

  • Rank all attack paths by severity, length, and exploitability
  • Identify chokepoints that sit on the highest number of paths
  • Generate remediation plans that maximize path elimination per fix
  • Measure attack surface reduction with before/after path counts
Outcome: Teams can demonstrate measurable attack surface reduction to leadership—fewer total paths, fewer Shadow Admins, fewer Tier 0 reach points.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Shadow Admin?

A Shadow Admin is an identity that has indirect administrative access to Tier 0 assets through delegation chains, group memberships, or other relationship paths—without being a direct member of privileged groups like Domain Admins. These identities are invisible to traditional audits but fully exploitable by attackers.

How does chokepoint analysis work?

Chokepoint analysis identifies objects that sit on the largest number of attack paths. Remediating a single chokepoint object can eliminate dozens or hundreds of paths at once, making it the most efficient remediation strategy.

Can I build custom queries for specific path investigations?

Yes. The platform includes a query builder that lets teams define custom path queries based on object types, relationship types, and specific access patterns. Built-in queries are also provided for common assessment scenarios.

Does attack path analysis cover cloud identities?

Yes. Forestall maps both on-premises and cloud identity objects and their relationships into a unified access graph, enabling path analysis across hybrid environments.

Break the Paths Before Attackers Walk Them

Deploy Forestall and get complete attack path visibility across your identity environment. Find Shadow Admins, fix chokepoints, and measure your attack surface reduction.

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