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Until passwordless authentication is a more viable option, we must take steps to defend against password spray attacks. Azure Active Directory can help. [...]
Azure Active Directory Connect (AADC) installation creates a set of permissions that in most cases does not follow the concept of least privilege. [...]
The first domain in an AD forest is unique. There are two groups in this domain that we must be aware of: Enterprise Admins and Schema Admins. [...]
The PetitPotam exploit can be used to completely own an environment, with very few prerequisites—but mitigation is within reac [...]
If organizations don’t properly plan the synchronization solution for their cloud identities, which Microsoft calls Azure AD Connect, users will have poor experiences in the cloud. Because identity is central [...]
The size and complexity of the organization are critical factors when determining how and where to host FSMO roles. [...]
When an identity from Active Directory (AD) is synchronized with a cloud-based identity platform such as Azure AD, those identities are classified as being hybrid. When user accounts are terminated [...]
Not all organizations require their own PKI solution; however, most leverage Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services because it integrates directly with their existing Active Directory environment... [...]
Not all organizations require their own PKI solution; however, most leverage Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services because it integrates directly with their existing Active Directory environment... [...]
One important function of Certificate Authorities that’s mentioned briefly in Part 2 of our “Components of a PKI” blog series is the ability to perform certificate revocation, or the CA’s [...]
In Part 1 of our “Components of a PKI” blog series, we defined several PKI terms that are useful for understanding Certificate Authorities (CAs—also known as Certification Authorities) and CA [...]
Digital certificates (most commonly represented by the X.509 public key certificate standard) are signed data objects that associate a public key with an individual user, device, or entity. In this [...]