AD Domain ServicesSecurity Hardening

Baseline AD against CIS Benchmarks

August 22, 2025
Baselining Active Directory Against CIS Benchmarks (Practical GPO-First Guide) A “baseline” is the minimum secure configuration your environment must meet—consistently, measurably, and with controlled exceptions. CIS Benchmarks are consensus-based secure configuration recommendations for common platforms (including Windows Server), and they’re…
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AD Domain ServicesArchitecture & Design

Vulnerability scanning tools for AD security

August 22, 2025
Vulnerability Scanning Tools for Active Directory Security (Practical Guide) Vulnerability scanning for Active Directory isn’t just “run a Nessus scan at the domain controllers.” AD is an identity control plane. Your biggest risks are often misconfigurations, excess privilege, weak authentication paths, and attack paths that don’t look like classic CVEs. …
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AD Domain ServicesArchitecture & Design

AD honeypots and decoy accounts

August 22, 2025
AD Honeypots and Decoy Accounts: Practical Deception for High-Signal Detection A practical guide to building high-signal deception inside Active Directory: decoy users, computers, groups, SPNs, and ACL “tripwires” that trigger alerts when an attacker enumerates, Kerberoasts, moves laterally, or attempts privilege escalation. …
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Microsoft Entra IDTenant & Directory Administration

Azure Backup - An overview

July 24, 2024
Why cloud backup over a traditional one? A cloud-based backup service allows organizations to remotely back up applications, data, and systems from a single location. Depending on their resources and requirements, organizations can use a public or private server as their cloud backup infrastructure. Cloud-based backup is preferred by many due to its efficiency in storage and data management. Here…
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Microsoft Entra IDTenant & Directory Administration

How to configure machine backups with Azure

July 23, 2024
From critical documents to customer information and operational databases, safeguarding this data is paramount. With the increasing adoption of cloud technology, organizations are turning to platforms like Azure for robust solutions to manage and protect their data effectively. One crucial aspect is configuring virtual machine backups using Azure, ensuring resilience against potential data loss…
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Microsoft Entra IDTenant & Directory Administration

How to monitor and backup Azure resources

July 23, 2024
Monitoring and backing up your Azure resources is critical to ensuring the availability, performance, and resilience of your cloud infrastructure and data. Azure provides several tools and services for effective monitoring and backup. Here’s a general guide to monitoring and backing up Azure resources. Monitoring Azure resources Azure offers several tools to monitor your cloud environment…
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