Federation is still a critical tool in hybrid identity—but the “best” federation strategy depends on
what you’re trying to achieve: modern SSO for SaaS, partner access, legacy app support, or a phased
retirement of…
Zero Trust Architecture with Microsoft Entra at the Core
Zero Trust is not a product you “turn on.” It’s an operating model for security where every access request
is treated as hostile until proven otherwise.
How to Detect Golden Ticket Attacks in Active Directory
A Golden Ticket attack is one of the most damaging post-compromise techniques in Active Directory: an attacker forges a Kerberos
Ticket Granting…
Purple teaming in an Active Directory (AD) context is the discipline of running controlled, authorized attack simulations (red) while
observing, tuning, and validating detection + response (blue). Done well, it turns vague goals like…
Unauthorized domain replication is one of the fastest ways for an attacker to turn “some access” into “total access.”
If someone can trigger directory replication (or abuse replication rights) they can extract credential…
Mitigating Unconstrained Delegation Vulnerabilities in Active Directory
Unconstrained delegation is one of those “it worked in 2006” features that becomes a high-impact breach path in modern AD…
Federation is still a critical tool in hybrid identity—but the “best” federation strategy depends on
what you’re trying to achieve: modern SSO for SaaS, partner access, legacy app support, or a phased
retirement of…
Zero Trust Architecture with Microsoft Entra at the Core
Zero Trust is not a product you “turn on.” It’s an operating model for security where every access request
is treated as hostile until proven otherwise.
Recovering Deleted Users and Groups in Microsoft Entra ID
Accidental deletion in Entra can feel like an outage: users can’t sign in, group-based access breaks, app assignments disappear,
and you’re…
How to Detect Golden Ticket Attacks in Active Directory
A Golden Ticket attack is one of the most damaging post-compromise techniques in Active Directory: an attacker forges a Kerberos
Ticket Granting…
Mapping Legacy Active Directory Groups to Microsoft Entra Roles
Legacy Active Directory (AD) group designs often carry years of historical decisions: “one group per admin team,”
“one group per tool,”…
Purple teaming in an Active Directory (AD) context is the discipline of running controlled, authorized attack simulations (red) while
observing, tuning, and validating detection + response (blue). Done well, it turns vague goals like…
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