Pen Testing Your AD: Think like a Hacker to Secure the Organization like a Fortress

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The reality of external attacks today is simple: Attackers have made it their business to know more about the networking environment you work in every day than you do – and they’ll use that knowledge to systematically gain entrance, and laterally move within your network. At the core of their attacks is Active Directory – the ultimate repository of credentials that, if compromised, gives them the keys to the kingdom.
 
So how can you leverage the same detail hackers exploit to “pen test” your AD?
 
In this insightful webinar, join Penton contributor and industry expert Nick Cavalancia as he discusses:

Nick Cavalancia will be joined by Allen Brokken, chief AD cybersecurity architect at Ascent Solutions, and Russell Rice, senior director of product management at Skyport Systems.

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Speakers:

Nick Cavalancia has nearly 20 years of enterprise IT experience, is an accomplished consultant, speaker, trainer, writer, and columnist and has achieved industry certifications including MCSE, MCT, Master CNE and Master CNI. He has authored, co-authored and contributed to over a dozen books on Microsoft technologies. Nick regularly speaks, writes and blogs for some of the most recognized tech companies today on a variety of topics.

Russell Rice is Senior Director of Product Management for Skyport Systems. With more than 20 years in the network security industry, he has held senior leadership roles in product management, technical marketing, and engineering and worked at startups and established companies, including Skyport, Cisco, Global Internet, Dow Jones, and Gamer’s Den.  Mr. Rice is currently involved in the emerging Skyport SkySecure product, a cloud managed hyper-converged system that simplifies the deployment, management and security of today’s complex data center.

Allen Brokken is Chief Cyber Security Architect for Ascent Solutions and is a 20-year Identity and Security veteran.  Seven of those years were spent with Microsoft consulting services assisting some of the largest customers in the world with Information Security Architecture and Planning.  While doing this he developed a repeatable strategic plan for enterprises to address credential theft mitigation across their IT environment.  Allen has a Master’s Degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Missouri – Rolla and a degree in Physics from Northeast Missouri State University.