Cyber Security Insights for Security and Compliance Auditors
Insights on how to correctly audit privileged access in Active Directory.
You are Auditors.
Your work is very important, and in your line of work, accuracy is paramount, because it could mean the difference between security and compromise.
As security and compliance auditors, your work is very important because you are entrusted with the responsibility of accurately assessing the state of an organization's security posture.
In your line of work, accuracy is imperative, especially when auditing the number of privileged users in an organization.
As auditors, you know that in Windows networks, the vast majority of privileged access resides within Active Directory.
For years, due to a lack of awareness, when auditing privileged users in Active Directory, auditors have been errantly focused on auditing "Who has what permissions in Active Directory."
Our unique insights help you understand how to correctly audit privileged access in Active Directory, which involves auditing "Who has what effective permissions in Active Directory."
Paramount Cyber Security Insights for Auditors
Privileged Access -
Keys to the Kingdom
Within Active Directory lie all the proverbial "Keys to the Kingdom."
Active Directory - Heart
of Privileged Access
The vast majority of all privileged access lies in Active Directory.
Active Directory
Effective Permissions
The key to correctly assessing privileged access in Active Directory
Active Directory
Privilege Escalation
The world's #1 cyber security risk to 85% of organizations worldwide.
Correctly Assessing
Privileged Access
How to correctly assess privileged access/users in Active Directory.
3 Key Takeaways.
The Fundamentals of Auditing Privileged Access in AD.
As security and compliance auditors, it is imperative to know the 3 fundamentals of auditing privileged access in Active Directory -
In Windows Server based networks, the vast majority of all powerful privileged access lies within Active Directory, and it is not sufficient to only enumerate the membership of the various default Active Directory privileged groups.
There are two kinds of privileged access in Active Directory - unrestricted privileged access and delegated privileged access, both of which need to be correctly identified.
The only correct way to identify who has what privileged access in Active Directory involves performing an assessment of "Who has what effective permissions in Active Directory".
Finally, accuracy is paramount, because the compromise of a single AD privileged user could result in a massive breach.
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