Free tool helps enterprises assess their Active Directory security

Microsoft Active Directory (AD) is used by 90 percent of enterprises as the primary source of trust for identity and access, but it's also exploited in many cyberattacks. Since AD is rarely safeguarded effectively, attackers have come to depend on weak configurations to identify attack paths, access privileged credentials and get a foothold in target networks. Now though cyber resilience specialist Semperis has announced the availability of Purple Knight, a free security assessment tool that allows organizations to safely probe their AD environment to uncover dangerous misconfigurations and other weaknesses that attackers could exploit. "Considering that 80 percent or more… [Continue Reading]