๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ โ Real-World Findings from Security Assessments
๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ด.๐ญ%ย of environments I assessedย ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐
Itโs aย ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ โ with aย ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ:
๐น Unmapped privileges
๐น Untracked admin access
๐น Messy permissions that attackers love
Years later, no one remembers who has access to what โ until BloodHound or a similar tool shows you the chaos.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ?
Use Group Policy to centrally manage local group membership:
โ Group Policy Preferences โ More flexible
โ Restricted Groups โ Stricter, but less adaptable
โ ๏ธ Pick one โ never mix both! Theyโll conflict and cause instability.
This approach ๐ฒ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ดย every 90ยฑ30 minutes โ perfect for applying your Tiering Model and limiting admin access across Tiers.
๐ฌ How do you manage local memberships?
