Brian Desmond
In today’s business environment, the security perimeter has evolved beyond traditional network boundaries. Every device that connects to your network—from laptops and smartphones to servers and IoT devices—represents a potential [...]
Trying to understand the differences between Microsoft Entra Plan 1 (P1) and Plan 2 (P2)? You’re not alone. Many organizations are tasked with understanding how each of these identity management [...]
The Kerberos authentication protocol, developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is an often-discussed topic because it is a stronger form of authentication when compared to the NT Lan [...]
Maintaining security in a Windows environment is important to reduce the risk of bad actors being able to cause harm to an organization. Although Windows is built to be secure [...]
Public key infrastructure (PKI) is the bedrock of modern telecommunications. It is a foundational technology to uniquely identify clients and facilitate their secure transmission and storage of data between public [...]
There are many components of Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) that can be assessed as part of a health check. Which ones to start with is, of course, [...]
Microsoft Active Directory (AD) serves many purposes. The most important role it provides is authentication. To make authentication painless, Windows (and non-Windows) systems use AD to authenticate user accounts and [...]
[WEBINAR] Protecting Privileged Access with Just-in-Time Elevation and Privileged Access Workstations Watch Ravenswood Principal Brian Desmond’s on-demand session on implementing Privileged Access Workstations (PAWs) and Just-in-Time (JIT) access strategies. The [...]
In a previous blog post, we covered how to migrate to Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS). With Windows LAPS deployments gaining traction, it’s important to review configuration items and [...]
[WEBINAR] TEC Talk: What Should and Should Not Be in Your Active Directory Disaster Recovery Plan Regularly enhancing and testing your AD disaster recovery plan is a must, and we [...]