Microsoft Active Directory (AD) is one of the most critical controls involved in controlling users, computers, and other more resources in a Windows environment. Maintaining security and ensuring things keep running at peak operational efficiency requires monitoring any changes to your AD configuration. One of the primary means of ensuring you are aware of changes […]
Hackers have quickly realized that the easiest and most optimal way to spread ransomware across “all” corporate networks is to find and use compromised GPOs. When you also consider that GPOs are contained within Active Directory, which is itself the number #1 ransomware and lateral movement environment (think about it – AD doesn’t provide visibility, […]
There are dozens, if not hundreds, of possible causes behind leaked passwords. Sometimes they’re the result of a simple mistake. Other times they’re the result of an intricate scheme. We’ll look at a few of the most common causes below. Weak passwords, password reuse and multiple accounts using the same passwords One of the most common […]
Download the ADMustcheckReports.ps1 script below. Note: You will need to extract the .ps1 after downloading the zip file, please review the help file. The ADMustcheckReports.ps1 is a PowerShell scripts gathers basic data from AD Domain/forest that we believe enterprises must review on a regular basis and take necessary actions to remediate any weakness. You can […]
Installers are hard to write. They generate a lot of customer support calls and seem to always need tweaking to support unforeseen or new customer environments. But installers fulfill several, important functions. Obviously, software needs to get installed and configured. In addition, the installation process usually established the security context for many products. However, both […]
