We are having a problem with a server – the only Active Directory controller for our small network – intermittently shutting down for no apparent reason. The company that provided the hardware thinks ...

Windows Server admins should establish one authoritative time source for their organization. Rick Vanover explains how to configure the authoritative time source. Time management is one of the more ...

In two previous articles (here and here) I shared some classic Active Directory mistakes people have made that got their companies into serious trouble. Here’s another mistake that on the face of it ...

Microsoft moved Windows 2000 to extended support in June, pushing the elderly Windows NT operating system one step closer to the software graveyard. While more than a few organizations are still ...

One of two critical Active Directory Domain Controller vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft last month goes beyond the original denial-of-service (DoS) attack chain and can be used to crash multiple, ...

Secura digital security advisors and researchers, have discovered a highly critical vulnerability with Active Directory domain controllers. Rated as a 10 of 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring ...

Domain controllers that are hosting Flexible Single Master Operations (FSMO) roles are critical to Active Directory health. Active Directory is designed so that if a domain controller that is hosting ...

Connor Anderson is vice president of Riverfront Technology in Clinton, Iowa. Security at the edge of the network is typically geared toward guarding against external threats. But Fortinet's latest ...

A recent report from Microsoft reinforces warnings about the critical role Active Directory (AD) domain controllers play in large-scale ransomware attacks, aligning with U.S. government advisories on ...

Active Directory is at the center of many attacks as it is still the predominant source of identity and access management in the enterprise. Hackers commonly target Active Directory with various ...