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Active Directory Password Analysis
Passwords are one of the most common ways to authenticate in an Active Directory environment. This comes with a number of security risks. Focus on your IT security with an analysis of your Active Directory environment. It will give you an overview of password quality and recommendations for improvement. This will improve the overall security of your IT infrastructure.
What is an Active Directory password analysis?
When we analyse passwords, we identify weaknesses in employee password patterns. When we analyse Active Directory passwords, we do so with a focus on your AD environment.
AD password analysis is a process where we examine the passwords chosen by users in your Active Directory domain. The aim is to identify and eliminate weak, reused or compromised passwords that pose a security risk to your organisation.
3 security risks of passwords
Passwords are one of the most common ways users authenticate themselves when accessing resources in an Active Directory environment. Basically, there are three main security risks associated with passwords:
#1
The password is weak
This means that the password is easy to guess or crack. Examples of weak passwords are 'Summer2024!', '123456789' or 'Password#'.
#2
The password is reused
This means that the password has been used in multiple places by the same user, so a password leak could lead to the compromise of multiple systems.
#3
Password is compromised
This means that the password is known to a malicious actor who can misuse the password to perform malicious actions in the company's name.
What value do you get with an Active Directory password analysis?
With an AD password analysis, you get an overview of the quality of passwords used across your AD environment, across different account types; general, administrator and service accounts.
Specifically, you get:
- Insight into password length, strength, complexity and the most used passwords.
- A report with detailed technical observations and statistics, as well as a non-technical summary section for management and decision makers.
- Concrete recommendations for improving the quality of passwords used in the environment and/or changes in password policy.
Our methodology and your involvement
The password analysis is performed based on extracts from your Active Directory database. Initially, we spend up to a week cracking the database using high-performance equipment. Afterwards, we analyse the result using specialised tools. Data will be encrypted using strong (currently AES 256-bit) encryption, after which it is stored in an isolated environment with us.
Once analysed, the report is encrypted and handed over and all data is permanently destroyed from our systems.
The delivery requires minimal involvement of your technical staff. Assistance is primarily needed to extract encrypted passwords from the domain.
Greater security with Microsoft Active Directory Tiering
Organising your AD with the Microsoft Tiering methodology will improve the overall security of your IT infrastructure. It allows you to differentiate access control to resources and place the most critical and sensitive data and resources at the most secure levels.
Why choose us as your IT partner?
With us by your side, you'll have access to a dedicated team of experts to help with everything from planning and implementation to ongoing support and maintenance of your security.
Reach out today and let us put security on your agenda.