Validate Attractive Accounts for Credential Theft with AD/DNS evidence
Microsoft states: “Depending on the system configuration, these credentials can be extracted in the form of hashes, tickets, or even plaintext passwords.”
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Stage Verify DNS Functionality to Support Directory Replication with AD/DNS rollback checks
Microsoft states: “To check Domain Name System (DNS) settings that might interfere with Active Directory replication, you can begin by running the basic test that ensures that DNS is operating properly for your domain.”
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Trace Securing Domain Controllers Against Attack across Active Directory and Windows DNS
Microsoft states: “Law #3: If a bad actor has unrestricted physical access to your computer, it’s not your computer anymore. - Ten Immutable Laws of Security (Version 2.0).”
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Review System Audit Policy recommendations before AD/DNS changes
Microsoft states: “This article covers the Windows audit policy settings and Microsoft’s baseline and advanced recommendations for both workstations and servers.”
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Scope Best practices for securing Active Directory in observed AD/DNS state
Microsoft states: “Attacks against computing infrastructure have increased over the last decade in all parts of the world.”
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Validate Replication error 1753 There are no more endpoints available from the endpoint mapper with AD/DNS evidence
Microsoft states: “This article describes symptoms, cause and resolution steps for Active Directory operations that fail with Win32 error 1753: "There are no more endpoints available from the endpoint mapper."”
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Stage Maintaining a More Secure Environment with AD/DNS rollback checks
Microsoft states: “Law Number Ten: Technology isn’t a panacea. - 10 Immutable Laws of Security Administration).”
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Trace Introduction to Active Directory Replication and Topology Management Using Windows PowerShell (Level 100)
Microsoft states: “Windows PowerShell for Active Directory includes the ability to manage replication, sites, domains and forests, domain controllers, and partitions.”
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Review LDAP signing for Active Directory Domain Services on Windows Server before AD/DNS changes
Microsoft states: “Together, these features protect LDAP traffic in AD DS environments from tampering, replay attacks, and unauthorized access.”
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Scope Advanced Active Directory Replication and Topology Management Using Windows PowerShell (Level 200) in observed AD/DNS state
Microsoft states: “This topic explains the AD DS replication and topology management cmdlets in more detail, and provides additional examples.”
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