ANALYSIS: GUARDING THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM – ATTIVO NETWORKS ADASSESSOR

While the efficacy of Microsoft’s Active Directory as a security mechanism may be debatable, two other points are not. MS AD (Active Directory) is in extremely wide use – 90%-plus by some estimates – and if compromised provides nearly unlimited access throughout the enterprise, often with complete anonymity. Given that virtually all major compromises in the last few years had components that addressed AD, detecting and protecting against attacks targeting AD is – or should be – job-1.