Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) Security Hardening Checklist
Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) has become one of the most common paths to Domain Admin during penetration tests and red team engagements in recent years. One misconfigured certificate template or weak configuration can allow an attacker to impersonate users, request authentication certificates, and gain privileged access without ever knowing a password.
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ADCS ESC1 and ESC4 Explained
Understanding Active Directory Certificate Services vulnerabilities: ESC1 and ESC4 attack techniques, how they work, and how to prevent them.
Active Directory Security Hardening & Hygiene Checklist
This Active Directory security hardening and hygiene checklist covers the most common misconfigurations we see during internal penetration tests, giving you a practical way to reduce identity-driven attack chains and domain compromise risk across Active Directory.
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