Attackers have learned to use Active Directory and Group Policy to find weaknesses in Windows networks and identify targets. Here's what you can do to prevent that. Active Directory, part of Windows ...

Compromised Active Directory credentials allow attackers to log in without exploits, driving modern authentication-based initial access.

Group Policies are essential to keeping Active Directory resources secure. At the same time however, group policy objects are a favorite target for attackers who may leverage group policy to spread ...

While there are a few shortcomings to the Active Directory Recycle Bin, having it enabled may save yourself some heartache when something goes wrong. Backing up and restoring Active Directory is ...

My office has fewer than 50 Windows PCs in its single AD domain. I'd like your input on best practices for a domain this small -- most resources I've found deal primarily with concerns of large ...

Back in the day, we would be using ADSI to connect to our Active Directory forest/domain to gather information about a variety of things. Today I will completely ignore ADSI and focus solely on the ...

Active Directory is at the center of many attacks as it is still the predominant source of identity and access management in the enterprise. Hackers commonly target Active Directory with various ...

Group Policy should be a no-brainer for organizations running Microsoft Active Directory. It lets IT control changes and a variety of settings for all users and computers in AD from a central console.

Uncontrolled changes in Active Directory and Group Policy can lead to unauthorized additions to groups, modifications to objects and permissions, or even worse, deletions of OUs. Netwrix Auditor ...

Patching alone won't fix all known Active Directory vulnerabilities. Here are the steps to audit your Active Directory domains and shore up weaknesses. If you have a traditional domain, it’s time to ...