Active Directory in Education: The 5 Weaknesses Attackers Are Actively Exploiting
Description
Universities, colleges, and training institutions manage some of the most complex environments there are: hybrid Active Directory, Entra ID, student accounts, researchers, contractors, and laboratories.
Active Directory remains at the heart of the infrastructure, but it hides weaknesses that cyber attackers exploit to move toward the most critical assets.
Over the course of this 40-minute session, Arthur and Nicolas will walk you through:
The 5 most exploited AD weaknesses in higher education, and how to identify them in your infrastructure
The logic behind attack paths: understand how cyber attackers think so you can better anticipate and defend
How to strengthen your posture with concrete, immediately actionable recommendations to reduce your attack surface
A personalized analysis: access to a free assessment of your identity exposure at the end of the webinar
Does your Active Directory environment expose these weaknesses? Join Arthur and Nicolas to identify your risks and put the fixes in place.
Agenda
Why educational institutions have become a prime target
How attackers exploit identities rather than vulnerabilities
Why Active Directory has become a blind spot in educational institutions
The 5 most common invisible attack paths
Dormant and orphaned accounts
Shadow admins and legacy delegations
Over-privileged service accounts
Incomplete tiering and poorly segmented privileges
Hybrid Active Directory / Entra ID attack paths
Demo: how Saporo identifies, visualizes, and prioritizes attack paths
Q&A
Introduction to the Free Identity Exposure Assessment