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AD-Based Attacks in 2023 – What We’ve Learned So Far

Paul Robichaux — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 10:00:00 +0000

In this blog, Paul Robichaux covers a recent TEC Talk where he discusses AD-Based Attacks in 2023 and what we've learned so far.

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Why Active Directory Remains The Achilles Heel For Many

Michael Van Horenbeeck — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 14:21:07 +0000

Active Directory has been around for almost 25 years. As such, one might expect that – by now – we would have figured out to keep it safe against attacks. Yet, it remains a weak point in many organizations' cybersecurity defenses. When coupled with the challenges mentioned above, this can be a recipe for disaster. Why is this the case?

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How Quickly do Threats leak from a Compromised AD into the Cloud?

Thijs Lecomte — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 10:00:00 +0000

As organizations move to the cloud, on-premises environments (and their security) are put in the background as the focus shifts to the cloud. Nevertheless, most organizations I know are in a hybrid scenario where the on-premises environment holds the master data and synchronizes everything into Azure Active Directory. This blog explores how an on-premises environment is connected to the cloud and how an attacker might move from on-premises to the cloud laterally.

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Group Policy as an Attack Pathway

Darryl G. Baker — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Learn some of the main group policy attack pathways, why they are easily exploited, and how to mitigate them in this article by Darryl Baker.

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Five ways to Keep Active Directory Secure

Andy Schneider — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Although we live and work in a cloud-first world, on-premises Active Directory (AD) remains a vital component of many companies' IT infrastructure. This article goes over five ways to keep Active Directory secure.

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Heard at TEC: Secure that Active Directory (AD) Migration

Richard Dean — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 10:22:00 +0000

This article is a recap of Bryan Patton's and Joe Sharmer's TEC session. This session focused on key challenges facing today’s Active Directory administrators during consolidation and divestiture projects.

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