🚨 Are you still locked into on-premise Active Directory? It is time to rethink your strategy. 🚨

In 2024, many organisations are still heavily reliant on on-premises Active Directory, despite the growing shift to cloud-native environments. While AD has been the backbone of identity management for decades, its legacy design makes it a high-value target for attackers - and managing it securely is no small feat.

Here’s some of our free advice to help you mitigate risks while planning your move forward:

1: Run Semperis Purple Knight

Quickly assess and report on Active Directory weaknesses. A simple, free tool to gain insights into your AD security posture. Remediate all Critical and High Risks. 👉 Download it here

2: Run SpecOps Password Auditor

Find weak passwords, reused credentials, and compromised accounts lurking in your environment. Remediate all Critical and High Risk accounts, reset the ones you don't know. 👉 Use it for free

3: Run LockSmith for Certificate Services

Check for misconfigurations in your AD Certificate Services that attackers could exploit. Otherwise it's zero-to-game-over in 1 minute. 👉 Get it here

4: Ensure Credential Rotation

Verify your teams are rotating key credentials for Active Directory: Entra ID SSO, Kerberos (KRBTGT), and Entra Connect. Ask for proof - it’s critical housekeeping! 👉 How to do it

5: Use Active Directory On-Demand Assessment

This free tool, included in Microsoft Premier or Unified agreements, provides continuous AD health checks and recommendations. 👉 Learn more

The bottom line: Staying locked into legacy identity solutions without a robust risk management plan is a gamble. These tools give you a head start in securing your environment - and they don’t cost a cent.

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