Active Directory, a directory service provided by Microsoft Windows, plays a pivotal role in configuring permissions and network access for administrators. Comprising components such as Active ...

A key pillar of the shift to zero-trust architectures for cybersecurity is identity and access management. It’s crucial for organizations’ IT security teams to know who is on their networks and to ...

Your Active Directory isn't secure. Learn what to do to protect your users and be ready for the next attack. If not properly deployed, Active Directory can be a ticking time bomb. It's not if ...

Hackers can quickly wreak havoc if they get access to a victim’s Active Directory. “Just about every organization in the world at this point is probably using some flavor of Active Directory. So, I ...

Here's what's in it. When building Active Directory, there is really no right or wrong way to set up the various Active Directory elements, although some implementations are certainly more efficient ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Most breaches don’t start with a clever hack—they start with a login. And when Active ...

Windows Server 2003 is shipping, which means a new version of Active Directory is on its way to the data center. But what are the people who still administer NT4 domains going to do? Aelita is one ...

As an administrator, you have a great many tools at your fingertips. One of the tools you do not want to ignore is Active Directory Auditing. By auditing certain events, you can record which user is ...