Digital spring cleaning: tips for a more secure Active Directory

Spring is the season of renewal and growth, and that should extend to your organization's cybersecurity practices as well. Digital spring cleaning is an essential task that can help protect your Active Directory environment from malicious actors. One of the most critical aspects of digital spring cleaning is maintaining your password hygiene to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive accounts and data around you. Here are some steps organizations can take to improve their overall security posture.

• Password Policy
  The first step is to review your Active Directory password policies and ensure they follow best practices. Keeping effective and up-to-date passwords is critical to the security of your business. It is recommended that you follow the latest NIST Password Framework recommendations, e.g. B. Removing periodic password change requirements, removing arbitrary complexity requirements, and scanning passwords for compromise. A solution such as B. Enzoic for Active Directory, automates enforcement of password policies outlined by NIST 800-63b .
• Training
  Make sure your employees are aware of the password policy, best practices and what they mean. Avoid sharing credentials or reusing passwords between your personal and work accounts. These habits allow cyber attackers easy access to multiple accounts after obtaining a single set of credentials. Employee training is an essential step in creating a cybersecurity culture in your organization.
• ghost beads
  Unused accounts are often overlooked, leaving organizations vulnerable to data breaches. Unfortunately, abandoned accounts in Active Directory are easy targets for attackers since no one logs in to use them regularly or updates passwords that may have been compromised. Review and delete all former employee accounts in Active Directory to ensure attackers or former employees cannot gain unauthorized access.
• password check
  Run a password check to identify weak, common, reused, and dangerous passwords. An audit is a quick and easy way to get a snapshot of your password security status. Wrong passwords can lead to security breaches, especially if the credentials were exposed in a previous security breach. You can run a free Enzoic audit of Active Directory Lite here.

Securing passwords is an essential step in protecting your business. Make sure you're constantly monitoring whether your employee accounts have been compromised by using a tool like Enzoic for Active Directory . The solution filters passwords found on the dark web or leaked in a recent leak and automatically fixes when a password is exposed in your environment. You can protect your Active Directory environment from account takeover with these simple steps.

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*** This is a syndicated blog from the Enzoic Security Bloggers Network, written by Enzoic . Read the original post at: https://www.enzoic.com/blog/digital-spring-cleaning-tips/

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