๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐
After 35+ Active Directory security assessments, I keep seeing the same patternsโregardless of the company, industry, or environment size.
1๏ธโฃ ๐ก๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น / ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ
โ ๏ธ 86% of assessed environments
Administrative accounts are used on user workstations, privileged access isnโt properly separated, and unnecessary attack paths remain available.
2๏ธโฃ ๐ก๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐
โ ๏ธ 81% of assessed environments
Legacy protocols remain enabled, hardening is inconsistent, and secure configurations slowly drift over time.
The good news?
These issues are fixable.
In the carousel, I show what these environments typically look like, what a properly secured Active Directory looks like, and how you can learn to build one yourself.
๐https://horizon-secured.com/courses/
If youโre responsible for Windows or Active Directory security, I hope youโll find it useful.
๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐?
