Security

Active Directory Forest Recovery: Plan to Eliminate Downtime

Active Directory (AD) is still the predominant identity and management platform for tens of thousands of organizations worldwide. Larger organizations with hundreds to even thousands of applications continue to rely on AD, even as they transition to a cloud-first or AD-minimized environment. The reason? Unraveling all the AD-related technology and applications an organization has invested […]

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How to Implement Microsoft Entra Password Protection for a More Secure Environment 

Passwords have long been the de facto authentication mechanism for identities. Length and complexity plagued us as we struggled to produce an acceptable password that we could easily remember and type when prompted. Although we’re moving closer to a passwordless and much more secure world, for now, we must still create these memorable, complex dinosaurs

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Recovering from an AD Security Breach or Disaster

[WEBINAR] Recovering from an AD Security Breach or Disaster In this webinar, Sean Metcalf from Trimarc and Brian Desmond from Ravenswood Technology Group discuss the best practices for quickly dealing with and recovering from AD security breaches. WATCH NOW [WEBINAR] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o80Tr9OwYRM In this webinar, Sean Metcalf from Trimarc and Brian Desmond from Ravenswood Technology Group

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How to Connect to Microsoft Exchange Online PowerShell with Certificate Authentication in Azure Functions

In a previous blog series, I discussed how to use certificate authentication for PowerShell scripts running in a standard Windows environment. (See “Authentication Options for Automated Azure PowerShell Scripts, Part 1: Service Account vs. App Registration,” as well as Part 2 and Part 3.) In this blog, I discuss remediating basic authentication in a different

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Get Started With LDAP Security

You may recall that in March 2020 Microsoft was planning to configure a couple of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) security settings on behalf of its customers. The company ended up not pulling the trigger, even though vulnerabilities still exist with the default implementation of LDAP. These security holes allow man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks and replay

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How to Use Dynamic Group Memberships in Entra ID: Part 2

In Part 1 of this blog post, we looked at what goes into thinking about and designing your automated access policies. As discussed, we want to first think about our policies in “natural language” before we dive into the technical implementation. We also covered the dynamic membership rules feature in Entra ID (formerly Azure Active

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Automating Data Classification and Protection with Microsoft 365

[WEBINAR] Automating Data Classification and Protection with Microsoft 365 The first step in protecting your information is knowing what information to protect. If you under-protect your sensitive data, your organization is at risk of a data breach. If you over protect your data, your organization will be overspending on protections that don’t reduce risk. So

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