After bad actors gain an initial foothold into an organization, they often use active directory attacks to gain administrative privileges.  On this episode of CISO Tradecraft, we discuss Active Directory.  You can learn what it is, how it works, common attacks used against it, and ways you can secure it.  


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Stealthbits Active Directory Attacks


Wikipedia Active Directory


Wikipedia Directory Service


Wired Story on Not Petya


CIS Hardened Images


MS Domain Services 


Mimikatz


Kerberos


Indeed Active Directory Job Listing


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