Local Active Directory Health/Security Check.

Performing an AD health check is an indispensable part of the IT security strategy in order to identify security gaps in the Active Directory infrastructure and highlight optimisations.

In today's digital business world, Active Directory (AD) is the central pillar of many companies' IT infrastructure. It manages digital identities, highly privileged accounts, provides authentication and authorisation within the network and controls the use of systems, data and applications with central guidelines. In view of this central role, it is crucial that the Active Directory not only functions smoothly, but is also optimally protected against current security threats.

A comprehensive AD health and security check is therefore essential to ensure the integrity, availability and security of your IT environment. By comprehensively checking the functional and security status of your Active Directory, potential vulnerabilities and configuration deficiencies can be identified and rectified before they lead to serious problems. This not only helps to improve system performance and stability, but also protects sensitive data from unauthorised access and prevents costly security incidents that could damage your business.

Our AD Health and Security Check includes a detailed analysis and assessment of your AD infrastructure. Based on the recommendations of the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and Microsoft's best practices, we comprehensively review all relevant aspects of your Active Directory environment. This includes functionality, configuration and security. We also assess the support level of all systems within the domain, the security of user accounts and the underlying administration model.

To ensure that your systems function optimally and comply with all relevant security standards, we offer you customised recommendations for optimising and securing your AD infrastructure based on this comprehensive analysis.

Invest in the stability and security of your Active Directory and secure the foundation of your digital business. Let's work together to ensure that your Active Directory is robust and future-proof.

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Closing security gaps.

Security vulnerabilities can allow attackers to gain unauthorised access to sensitive information and critical systems. These vulnerabilities do not necessarily have to be directly related to your AD, but can be system-wide and include, for example, unsupported operating systems, outdated applications or misconfigurations in the DNS.

Secure configuration of the AD.

A secure configuration of the Active Directory makes a decisive contribution to the integrity, availability and confidentiality of a company's network resources. Secured external access and the deactivation of insecure protocols are key measures that, together with a well thought-out administration model, significantly increase the level of security.

Safe operation of the AD.

Secure operation of the AD To ensure secure operation, the underlying administration model is of crucial importance. This should correspond to the least privilege principle in order to fulfil current security requirements. A secure access model and the up-to-dateness of all AD components (e.g. modern operating system, current patch level) are considered essential in this context.

Restriction of use of highly privileged accounts.

Consistently reducing the use of highly privileged accounts significantly improves the security situation and minimises the risk of serious security incidents. This contributes to the long-term stability and security of the entire IT infrastructure.

Troubleshooting.

Misconfigurations in the Active Directory can have serious consequences for the security, availability and integrity of the entire network. Possible effects include security gaps, data loss or manipulation, the escalation of malware, downtime and network compromise.

Optimisation.

Based on a customised recommendation for action that is tailored to your specific situation, targeted optimisations can be made to protect your Active Directory and your company resources.

Planning and realisation.

The AD Health and Security Check, which lasts several days, is always organised as a workshop in close cooperation with the customer. The local AD infrastructure is analysed
infrastructure is comprehensively analysed for vulnerabilities, configuration weaknesses and functional errors.

The focus is on the functions and configurations of the Active Directory and the components used, such as domain controllers and DNS servers.

The results are documented in an AD check report and the resulting measures are formulated as reliable recommendations for action.

The health and security check is also offered as a managed service on a quarterly basis to maintain flawless and secure operation.

Day 1: Check the local AD environment.

Manual analysis/analysis using established tools.

AD overall structure, AD domain, AD locations and subnets
Standard policy
Checking the GPO structure + OU structure
Configuration check DNS, DHCP, DFS-R, NTP etc.
Configuration check of all AD domain controllers
Audit of AD DS replication and site connections

Day 2: Formulation of the recommended action.

AD-Check-Report.

Consolidation and analysis of the results
Development of a robust risk assessment
Formulation of a granular recommendation for action
Alignment with Microsoft best practices
Orientation towards BSI basic protection

Day 3: Presentation of the results.

Presentation and explanation of the recommendation for action
Q & A
Coordination and planning of downstream measures

In a personal consultation we will answer all your questions. If you wish you can receive our e-book for free!