Active Directory
How to convince your boss that cybersecurity includes Active Directory
Preparing for and defending against a cyberattack demands Active Directory (AD) be part of a company’s overall strategy. But AD often gets overlooked in security discussions …
IT service desks lacking user verification policy, putting businesses at risk
48% of organizations don’t have a user verification policy in place for incoming calls to IT service desks, according to Specops Software. The information was uncovered as …
Mosyle boosts Apple device management and security with Mosyle Fuse
Mosyle announced a new approach to Apple device management and protection with the introduction of Mosyle Fuse. The product is the cloud-native solution to blend …
eBook: Protecting Active Directory
Microsoft Active Directory (AD) is ubiquitous across the corporate landscape and a perfect target for cyberattacks due to its popularity and importance. A single set of …
Rethinking Active Directory security
In the wake of a cyberattack, Active Directory is sometimes dismissed as just another service that needs to be recovered, and security is an afterthought. But the hard reality …
Product showcase: Specops Password Auditor
They are often the target of many attackers who search for them like gold. Some can be easily found, while others can be more difficult to come by. However, inevitably, they …
Review: Specops Password Policy
Specops Password Policy is a powerful tool for overcoming the limitations of the default password policies present in Microsoft Active Directory environments. To be fair, …
Moving past the madness of manually updated X.509 certificates
Microsoft’s Active Directory (AD) is by far the most widely used enterprise repository for digital identities. Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS) is …
Securing Active Directory accounts against password-based attacks
Traditional password-based security might be headed for extinction, but that moment is still far off. In the meantime, most of us need something to prevent our worst instincts …
Most organizations have no Active Directory cyber disaster recovery plan
Although 97% of organizations said that Active Directory (AD) is mission-critical, more than half never actually tested their AD cyber disaster recovery process or do not have …
Critical ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus RCE flaw patched
A critical vulnerability (CVE-2020-11552) in ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus, an Active Directory password-reset solution, could allow attackers to remotely execute commands …
New propagation module makes Trickbot more stealthy
Trickbot infections of Domain Controller (DC) servers has become more difficult to detect due to a new propagation module that makes the malware run from memory, Palo Alto …
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