by | Oct 27, 2022 | Semperis
Even after more than 20 years of service, Active Directory (AD) remains one of the most critical components of the typical enterprise’s IT infrastructure. AD is easy for users to take for granted when it is working. However, in the event of an attack, its criticality...
by | Oct 20, 2022 | Semperis
It’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and an excellent time to bust the ghosts of configurations past. One of the actions that the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) recommend taking this month is “Update...
by | Oct 13, 2022 | Semperis
Most organizations have virtualized some or all their AD domain controllers. Virtualized DCs have their advantages, but they also introduce risks that didn’t exist with physical servers. One of these risks is the temptation to use hypervisor snapshots (a...
by | Oct 11, 2022 | Semperis
The concept of identity professionals wasn’t a known or accepted profession when I first started my career in information technology (IT). We were all sysadmins who also dealt with user IDs and passwords. Times have changed. In a world of distributed work, cloud...
by | Oct 7, 2022 | Semperis
“As a K–12 environment, our Active Directory [AD] deployment is a bit unique compared to how a standard business network would look,” says John Hallenberger, systems administrator and project leader for the Fox C-6 school district. “Users are added and removed pretty...
by | Oct 4, 2022 | Semperis
Ransomware attacks have reportedly declined this year. But don’t start celebrating just yet. “Gang models are evolving,” notes my colleague, Alexandra (Alix) Weaver, Semperis Solutions Architect. “I caution everyone: Do not let your guard down.” Part of the changing...
