---
id: 6053
title: "Why You Should Pay Attention to Excessive Privilege in Active Directory"
source_domain: semperis.com
source_url: "https://www.semperis.com/blog/active-directory-security/why-you-should-pay-attention-to-excessive-privilege-in-active-directory/"
published_at: "2017-03-19T16:16:07Z"
tags: ["active-directory", "privilege-escalation", "insider-threat", "least-privilege", "excessive-privilege", "access-review"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/6053"
lang: en
---

# Why You Should Pay Attention to Excessive Privilege in Active Directory

## Summary

Excessive AD privilege: rarely reviewed and even more rarely revoked, it multiplies error risk and gives attackers room to hide; internal actors cause nearly 8% of data breaches, per Verizon's DBIR.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** semperis.com
- **Published:** 2017-03-19T16:16:07Z
- **Original:** https://www.semperis.com/blog/active-directory-security/why-you-should-pay-attention-to-excessive-privilege-in-active-directory/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/6053