Securing Active Directory

Timeline

From the capture of 13 Oct 00:39 UTC

8 undated sections
7 with conditions
19 recorded changes

Requirements, exceptions and scope

Common security vulnerabilitiesException1 condition1 passage
In order to learn how to best protect your infrastructure, you first need to understand where attacks are most likely to strike and how they…
Common entry pointsException1 passage
Credential theftRecommendation1 passage
Avoid granting excessive privilegesRequirementException3 conditions1 passage
Use secure administrative hostsRequirement1 condition1 passage
Keep your domain controllers secureException1 condition2 passages
Plan for security compromisesRecommendation2 conditions2 passages
Security measure summary tableRecommendation1 condition1 passage

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How this timeline changed

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11 Oct 2023
Requirement added Avoid granting excessive privileges Microsoft's source, commit fcc559a
11 Oct 2023
No longer on the page Avoid granting excessive privileges Microsoft's source, commit fcc559a
10 Oct 2023
No longer on the page Use secure administrative hosts Microsoft's source, commit f52cc6e
10 Oct 2023
Recommendation added Credential theft Microsoft's source, commit f52cc6e
10 Oct 2023
No longer on the page Credential theft Microsoft's source, commit f52cc6e
20 Sep 2023
No longer on the page Common entry points Microsoft's source, commit e5c1755
20 Sep 2023
Exception added Common entry points Microsoft's source, commit e5c1755
20 Sep 2023
Requirement added Avoid granting excessive privileges Microsoft's source, commit 11af270
20 Sep 2023
Exception added Common entry points Microsoft's source, commit 11af270
20 Sep 2023
Exception added Common security vulnerabilities Microsoft's source, commit 11af270
20 Sep 2023
Exception added Keep your domain controllers secure Microsoft's source, commit 11af270
20 Sep 2023
Exception added Keep your domain controllers secure Microsoft's source, commit 11af270

7 earlier changes

20 Sep 2023
Exception added Use secure administrative hosts Microsoft's source, commit 11af270
20 Sep 2023
No longer on the page Best Practices for Securing Active Directory Microsoft's source, commit 11af270
20 Sep 2023
Recommendation added Credential theft Microsoft's source, commit 11af270
20 Sep 2023
Recommendation added Plan for security compromises Microsoft's source, commit 11af270
20 Sep 2023
Recommendation added Plan for security compromises Microsoft's source, commit 11af270
20 Sep 2023
Recommendation added Security measure summary table Microsoft's source, commit 11af270
20 Sep 2023
Requirement added Use secure administrative hosts Microsoft's source, commit 11af270

Observed history and review priority

Captured 13 Oct 00:39 UTC; extracted 16 Oct 16:11 UTC. Extractor: microsoft-1/9/fc65ebeb286710c0a830833db8a7e5de7e266b79981fe9c7c34479be9369ad3c.

Review priority. Extracted assertions require review · Applicability or exceptions require review

0 date changes and 0 condition changes across 0 compared revisions. Suggested check interval: 24 hours.

Earlier unavailable versions and edits between checks are unknown. A missing statement requires review; it does not mean the policy was cancelled. Recovered historical statements are not original revision snapshots.

Retained observations · 14

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27 Jul 2021 15:51 UTC · 1 candidates