Everything You Need to Know about Active Directory Security

Securing Active Directory: How to Proactively Detect Attacks

Attackers have a sophisticated approach to Active Directory attacks, an attack pathway often overlooked by organizations, even those with a relatively mature cybersecurity program. And even for organizations that are aware Active Directory can come under attack their traditional approach to security just doesn’t work well for Active Directory.

Over the years, Microsoft has offered up some security solutions for on-premises Active Directory security, but few, if any, of them have had the sticking power for organizations to commit to them. Instead, they’re often short-lived or replaced with other solutions. While other security solutions have edged into the market over the past two decades, for example, group policy management, they just don’t offer true, comprehensive security for your Active Directory environment. That’s because new attacks are complex and often hidden and detection isn’t always easy.

Most Active Directory solutions were created a decade or so ago and they just haven’t kept up with the changing Active Directory environment which now encompasses more assets and more diverse asset types. While some solutions like AD monitoring or SIEM may alert if they uncover an issue, few can proactively detect a wide array of attacks, preventing your organization from taking action to fix misconfigurations or other issues.

Tenable Identity Exposure, however, doesn’t need an attack log before it can alert you to issues. Instead, it uses your raw AD replication stream to find problems before a successful breach.

In this white paper, learn more about other common Active Directory security challenges and find out how Tenable Identity Exposure can help you conquer them, including:

• How attacks use misconfigurations for privileged access
• How you can discover misconfigurations in your Active Directory
• How to employ proactive solutions that work across all of your Active Directory installations

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A Global Threat to Enterprises: The Impact of Active Directory Attacks

Active Directory, in its very nature, is a single point of failure, and we’re seeing the number of Active Directory attacks around the globe increase in both volume and severity. Active Directory attacks are a threat to all global enterprises, regardless of industry.

In this white paper, take a closer look at some of today’s most common Active Directory risks and the potentially catastrophic impacts they can have on organizations, including a closer look at 15 significant corporate breaches and best practices to protect your Active Directory from similar attacks.

You can also explore five high-level risks that your organization should make a priority to address, including the impact of Active Directory attacks on business continuity, brand damage and customer trust, and competitive loss and IP threats. This white paper also offers practical tips to help your organization implement effective Active Directory security, including the adoption of automation tools and real-time event monitoring.

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