Inside Active Directory: Misconceptions, Myths and Bugs (Part 1) – SDP

The Hybrid Identity Protection Conference (HIP) Europe 2026 in Frankfurt took place last week and I presented my session “Inside Active Directory: Misconceptions, Myths and…

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• NTLMv1 hardening guidance
• SMB signing hardening guidance
• AD LDAP signing and channel binding
• AD LDAP signing enforcement policies
• AD LDAP session security requirements