AD Security 101: GPO Logon Script Security

User rights assigned via GPOs—debug programs, back up files, take ownership, and more—become risky when misassigned. Explains how to review and lock down dangerous user rights in Active Directory.

DC security essentials: promotion changes a server's logon model and access must be tightly restricted. GPOs linked to the Domain Controllers OU affect all DCs, so mistakes are high-impact.

A domain controller should do one thing: control the domain. Why ADDS belongs on a DC and which roles, tools, and apps to keep off it to shrink the attack surface.

Semperis argues AI-driven attacks are outpacing identity teams as machine identities outnumber human ones 10:1, and urges building organization-wide cyber resilience around hybrid identity protection before the next crisis.

A guest post on AD security for state, local, and education organizations: why detection matters before, during, and after incidents, the threats SLED faces, and a hardening action plan.

An updated classic on AD's structural weaknesses—legacy defaults built for discovery, easily enumerated privileged groups—and five common attack methods, with countermeasures for protection.