Windows Active Directory (AD) service accounts are prime cyber-attack targets due to their elevated privileges and automated/continuous access to important systems. Learn from Specops Software ...

In his examination of "Top Best Practices for Windows Enterprise Security Heading Into 2023," Posey provided his PowerShell scripts in explaining best practice No. 6: clean up Active Directory user ...

I hope this article will provide some valuable insights for fellow leaders in its illustration of a few actions I recommend taking to safeguard your Active Directory, especially with regard to ...

Microsoft announced a couple of Azure Active Directory security enhancements this week. Microsoft is previewing the ability to allow IT pros to remove inactive user accounts for organizations that ...

On the surface, Active Directory groups are a simple and straightforward way to manage identities (users and/or computers) and assign permissions.

Microsoft this week announced some External Identities enhancements for Azure Active Directory users.

At Black Hat USA 2025, Dirk-jan Mollema showed how low-privilege cloud accounts can be turned into hybrid admins, bypassing ...

About 30 minutes ago all of our accounts were locked out of active directory. We do have a group policy set to lockout an account after 3 attempts and to ...

Secureworks researchers found what they say is a serious vulnerability in an Azure Active Directory authentication method, but Microsoft says it should not pose a serious risk to users.