Insights From Thought Leaders Around The Globe
The digital identities of modern enterprises exist in a dynamic environment. Read thought leadership from experts worldwide regarding the constantly changing global IT environment and insights for keeping up with growing demands, and securing against escalating threats and vulnerabilities.
"If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" Although the sub-title for this article is a philosophical question, asked by George Berkeley in 1710, it proved to be completely relevant over 300 years later, while I was working with Azure Security Center. A little background… A Microsoft study shows that attackers take, on average, just 24-48 hours to penetrate an environment after... Read More
“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” Although the sub-title for this article is a philosophical question, asked by George Berkeley in 1710, it proved to be completely relevant over 300 years later, while I was working with Azure Security Center. A … Read More
Back in 1999, I wrote a book on Windows 2000 Server in general, and Active Directory in particular. I try not to look back at what I wrote about AD back then compared to what I know now, but I remain fond of a passage that explained how the Kerberos security protocol works – using … Read More
In recent blog posts, I’ve been talking a lot about new Active Directory attack methods where attackers are compromising user accounts that lead to increasing levels of privilege in AD. Well, unfortunately, now it seems a recently discovered Azure AD Connect configuration option is making it a little easier for attackers to take control over … Read More
The Problem with Active Directory Since it was introduced in 2000, Active Directory has become the most critical application for the majority of enterprises. The problem is, that in the almost two decades since it was released, the enterprise security landscape has changed drastically and businesses have not adapted their Active Directory environment to meet … Read More
At our recent Hybrid Identity Protection Conference, several of us spoke about the increasing use of Active Directory as a subject of interest in malware attacks. Whether it’s mining AD for information about privileged access, compromising user accounts that lead to increasing levels of privilege in AD, or purposefully targeting AD domain controllers with ransomware, … Read More
Guest column by Joseph Carson, Chief Security Scientist at Thycotic. “Ransomware” is on the rise using “targeted phishing attacks” and is being used for financial blackmail and poison or corrupt data. No one is excluded from these threats and no company or individual is too small to be a target. Ransomware has become such a … Read More
Now more than ever, technology and compliance teams need to work together to protect the integrity of their organizations. Sensitive information is stored and transferred in digital form and associated regulations are becoming increasingly strict and complex. While compliance is responsible for identifying the regulations which pertain to information security, technology teams must identify and … Read More
Guest column by Joseph Carson, Chief Security Scientist at Thycotic. Chief Information Security Officers, CISOs, bear some of the heftiest weights on their shoulders of anyone in an organization. Single-handedly, depending on their security policies and the enforcement of them, they can be responsible for the success or downfall of an entire company. It is, … Read More
The massive Equifax data breach compromised sensitive information for roughly 143MM people and is a sobering reminder that security flaws still exist in most organizations. The fact is that most enterprises use Active Directory as the cornerstone of their IT systems and, while AD can be configured in a very secure way, it runs on … Read More
This blog series addresses why Active Directory auditing is necessary, deep dives into auditing methodology and suggests best practices for comprehensive AD auditing. Who Moved My Object and Other AD Mysteries Active Directory was created to simplify identity services in the enterprise, and ease the lives of sys admins everywhere, but lack of visibility into … Read More
