Petra Security

Petra Security vs SaaS Alerts

SaaS Alerts gives MSPs a rule-based monitoring layer across SaaS apps. It's a useful signal tool, but it leaves the heavy lifting (tuning, triage, remediation) to you. Petra is purpose-built ITDR: behavioral detection, 24/7 SOC response, and full remediation out of the box. More attacks caught, less manual work, and a cleaner forensic story for every incident.

Capability
Petra Security
SaaS Alerts
Detection
Detection approach
Behavioral ITDR (all M365 activity)
Rule-based SIEM and policy management
Detects known-bad IPs in login logs
Attacker intent analysis in Exchange & SharePoint
Detects residential proxies
Dynamic tuning for per-client VPN usage
Catches credentials blocked by MFA or Conditional Access
No manual tuning needed
Heavy (rule-based SIEM)
24/7 US-based SOC
Remediation
Disables account & revokes sessions
Removes malicious inbox rules & forwarding
Reset password in the portal
Fleet-wide phishing email retraction
Reverses attacker activity in SharePoint
Reverses malicious MFA & device registrations
Forensics
Finds root-cause phishing email
Shows IP address of attacker sign-in
Attacker timeline across M365
Generates client-ready PDF
Logs & Data Retention
M365 SIEM included with ITDR
Log retention & search window
12 months searchable
Reporting & Sales Enablement
Targeting analytics per client
Pre-sales incident response report
Anonymized incident library for sales
Platform Coverage
M365
Google Workspace

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