Many firms are still firmly in an Active Directory (AD) world. They may have moved some applications to the cloud, but key line-of-business applications still use AD. Do you remember the last time you reviewed your Active Directory security posture? Microsoft has not kept up to date with its Best practices for Securing Active Directory web page, as parts of it have warnings that it hasn’t been updated since 2013. Fortunately, other resources are available for those in need of guidance in protecting and hardening AD. Here are some of the sites that I follow and provide excellent guidance:
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