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Construction Firm Strengthens its ITDR Foundation with Purple Knight
- Semperis Team
Between remote users and contractors, construction company Maple Reinders needed to get control of Active Directory (AD) user account security and shore up its Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) foundation—fast. Managing AD user account sprawl Award-winning full-service construction company Maple Reinders has operated in multiple provinces across Canada for…
Missouri School District Finds and Fixes Active Directory Security Gaps
- Semperis Team
“As a K–12 environment, our Active Directory [AD] deployment is a bit unique compared to how a standard business network would look,” says John Hallenberger, systems administrator and project leader for the Fox C-6 school district. “Users are added and removed pretty much daily. Things like complex password enforcement and…
Purple Knight and PingCastle: A Quick Comparison
- Semperis Team
When it comes to protecting your enterprise from cyberattacks, protecting your identity infrastructure is key. Infiltrations of identity systems not only expose your most important assets and business operations to attack but can go undetected for long periods, causing significant damage. So, strengthening your identity security stance is an important…
Protecting Public Safety with Purple Knight
- Semperis Team
“As a public safety entity, we seem to be a target for criminal activity,” said Micah Clark, Information Technology Director at Central Utah 911 and a user of Purple Knight, a free Active Directory security assessment tool from Semperis. “Making sure that our Active Directory is hardwired, that we don’t…
Power up Entra ID Security Assessments
- Semperis Team
Want to use the free Purple Knight tool to evaluate your Entra ID security posture? To run Purple Knight in your Entra ID environment, you need to create and update the app registration in Entra ID with a defined and consented set of application permissions for the Microsoft Graph. Semperis…
Purple Knight Proves Essential for Securing AD at Southern Utah University
- Semperis Team
Legacy Active Directory (AD) environments are often hotbeds of cybersecurity vulnerabilities because of misconfigurations that have accumulated over time. In education organizations, the challenges of securing AD are compounded by the constant onboarding and offboarding of students and faculty. Uncovering unknown vulnerabilities in the AD environment he inherited was a…
Purple Knight Introduces Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) Security Indicators
- Tammy Mindel
Purple Knight, the free Active Directory (AD) security assessment tool downloaded by 10,000-plus users, now enables you to identify and address security gaps across your hybrid identity environment. That's right: The latest release of Purple Knight introduces Entra ID security indicators. The ability to address security gaps across both on-prem…
7 Active Directory Misconfigurations to Find and Fix—Now
- Orin Thomas
Exploiting Active Directory misconfigurations is a popular path for attackers. According to Microsoft, 95 million AD accounts are targeted every day. Attackers use Active Directory security vulnerabilities to gain privileged access and move through the compromised systems, harvesting valuable assets, installing malware, or planting ransomware, among other tactics. Protect your…
