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Active Directory (AD) is a database and set of services that connect users with the network resources they need to get their work done. The database (or directory) contains critical information about your environment, including what users and computers there are and who’s allowed to do what. For example, the database might list 100 user accounts with details like each person’s job title, phone number and password. It will also record their permissions. The services control much of the activi...
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Hybrid security monitoring · Audit all security changes across your AD and Azure AD environments, including user and group changes, as well as exploits such as DCSync and DCShadow attacks, AD database exfiltration, and SIDHistory use. Threat detection · Detect threats early – including unauthorized domain replication, offline extraction of your AD database, and domain-level GPO linking – to mitigate and avoid costly ransomware attacks. Threat prevention · Block attackers from making ch...
FSMO roles are special roles assigned to Active Directory domain controllers (DCs). Each FSMO role can be assigned to only one DC at a time.
What are the benefits of Active Directory monitoring? ; The average cost of a data breach now exceeds US$4 million. Robust, continuous Active Directory monitoring can help you reduce the risk of suffering a breach in the first place and reduce the impact of incidents that do occur. The reason is simple: Active Directory is a key target of attackers because it is the primary authentication and authorization service for over 90 percent of the world’s enterprises. By taking over AD accounts, adve...
How to establish a sound AD structure? ; Establish a sound AD structure — or cleaning up the one you already have — is essential to efficient, effective Active Directory management. It will dramatically simplify your ability to manage your Group Policy, help you properly delegate administrative permissions to spread out the management workload without sacrificing security, and streamline common tasks like user account provisioning and reporting. Establish domains · The basic unit of AD man...
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Reduce the complexity of searching, analyzing and maintaining critical IT data scattered across information silos ; Speed security investigations and compliance audits with complete real-time visibility ; Troubleshoot widespread issues should an outage or security breach occur