---
id: 5979
title: "Now’s the Time to Rethink Active Directory Security"
source_domain: semperis.com
source_url: "https://www.semperis.com/blog/rethink-active-directory-security/"
published_at: "2021-08-04T16:13:05Z"
tags: ["active-directory", "identity-security", "security-strategy", "solarwinds", "unconstrained-delegation"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/5979"
lang: en
---

# Now’s the Time to Rethink Active Directory Security

## Summary

Reprinted from Network Security: two decades on, Active Directory remains foundational yet largely unchanged; its default-open posture and unconstrained delegation—plus the SolarWinds example—argue for rethinking how AD is secured.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** semperis.com
- **Published:** 2021-08-04T16:13:05Z
- **Original:** https://www.semperis.com/blog/rethink-active-directory-security/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/5979