August 2024

Active Directory Design Overview

Active Directory (AD) is a cornerstone of IT infrastructure for many organizations, providing essential services for managing and securing resources. This guide will take you through the essentials of Active Directory design, covering key considerations, structural components, and best practices to ensure your Active Directory environment is robust and scalable. We will explore the fundamentals […]

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Is the Active Directory Red Forest dead? Time to Shift to the Enterprise Access Model?

A red forest is designed to increase the security of Windows Server Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) by protecting privileged credentials from compromise. Privileged identities, such as members of the Domain Admins and Enterprise Admins groups, are created as separate accounts and abstracted from the existing AD DS forests. These accounts are created in a discreet,

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Implementing Passwordless Authentication with Microsoft Authenticator Phone Sign-In

Since the introduction of passwords as the standard for computer authentication, there haven’t been many changes beyond enforcing password length and character complexity requirements and the introduction of two-factor authentication options such as SMS and voice calls and the use of various hardware tokens. However, even with those options, authentication still relied on a password.

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Active Directory Cleanup: Enhancing Security and Performance

Active Directory (AD) is a hierarchical directory service that enables you to manage users, groups, access control, and policy administration. AD is used to secure network resources, user accounts, and data across a variety of applications and services for organizations of all sizes. Maintaining AD is like tending a garden. Weeds need to be pulled

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