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    Active Directory Security Assessment

    A scoped review of Active Directory identity controls and realistic privilege paths, with non-destructive validation and prioritized hardening guidance.

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    What This Covers

    Domain and forest configuration, trusts and administrative tiering
    Privileged groups, delegated rights and access-control relationships
    Kerberos, NTLM, service accounts and credential exposure paths
    Group Policy and security-control configuration
    Active Directory Certificate Services where included in scope
    Workstation, server and identity paths that may enable lateral movement
    Hybrid Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID boundaries where included
    Stale identities, legacy protocols and excessive standing privilege

    How We Test

    Testing begins with written authorization, rules of engagement and safety constraints. Discovery is review-first, and attack paths are validated only to the level authorized and necessary to demonstrate risk.

    1Confirm objectives, identity boundaries, accounts, systems and prohibited actions
    2Review architecture, trust relationships and available configuration evidence
    3Perform authenticated enumeration using the least privilege agreed for the engagement
    4Map privilege, delegation, session and credential relationships
    5Validate selected attack paths with controlled, non-destructive proof
    6Prioritize findings by exploitability, blast radius and business impact
    7Deliver remediation guidance and verify agreed fixes during re-testing

    Deliverables

    Executive summary explaining material identity and privilege risks
    Technical findings with affected principals, systems and evidence
    Attack-path narrative showing how control weaknesses can combine
    Prioritized hardening plan with practical remediation steps
    Configuration and detection recommendations
    Re-test results for agreed remediated findings

    Engagement Options

    1
    Configuration review focused on identity hygiene and hardening
    2
    Assumed-breach assessment from an agreed internal foothold
    3
    Internal privilege and attack-path validation
    4
    Hybrid identity review covering agreed AD and Entra ID boundaries

    Typical Findings

    Excessive group membership or delegated directory permissions
    Service accounts exposed to offline credential attacks
    Stale privileged accounts and weak administrative tier separation
    Insecure delegation or trust configuration
    Legacy authentication protocols and weak signing requirements
    GPO permissions or settings that create escalation paths
    Risky certificate templates or AD CS permissions
    Insufficient segmentation of administrative sessions and systems

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