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.  

References:

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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