Overview What You Will Learn Curriculum Instructor

Course Overview

You might be included in the 90% of organizations around the world that use Active Directory, which means you are fully aware of how complex it is to configure, monitor, and secure. Attackers have targeted Active Directory in the biggest breaches and continue to target Active Directory in most attacks due to lack of security hygiene and weak security foundations. Securing your Active Directory enterprise requires a clear and concise description of the multitude of security configurations that are possible. 

This course will give you practical and real-world guidance on how to secure and maintain security for Active Directory. Complex concepts will be broken down into easy-to-understand terms, as well as every security option will be described and detailed for you to comprehend. There is no better way to learn Active Directory security than with real-world examples, clear demonstrations, and a professional that has taught 1000s of administrators over the past 26 years. 

By the end of the course, you will have knowledge on everything you need to configure, monitor, and secure Active Directory from attacks and breaches.

What You Will Learn

  • Secure any Active Directory environment from exploitation and breaches.
  • Secure authorization and authentication
  • which is the core to Active Directory security and access to network resources.
  • Introduce to all of the Active Directory objects
  • which are unique and need to be secured individually.
  • Understand how privileges are granted and secured to prevent attackers from gaining access.
  • Understand how to configure password policies
  • both from Group Policy and Fine-grained Password Policies.
  • Protect privileged accounts using tiering
  • privileged access workstations
  • and LAPS.
  • Understand how to leverage both Auditing and Advanced Auditing to monitor all changes in Active Directory.

Program Curriculum

  • Domain Controllers
  • AD Services
  • Group Policy
  • PowerShell
  • $7 Million Cybersecurity Scholarship by EC-Council
  • Chapter 1 Quiz

  • SIDs
  • Tokens and Tickets
  • Access Control Lists (ACLs)
  • AD Database (NTDS.dit)
  • Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS)
  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • Users Accounts
  • Group Account
  • Computer Accounts
  • Managed Service Accounts
  • Chapter 3 Quiz

  • Privileges Groups
  • User Rights
  • AD Permissions
  • AdminSDHolder
  • Chapter 4 Quiz

  • Group Policy Based Password Policy
  • Password Policy Controls
  • Fine-grained Password Policies
  • Chapter 5 Quiz

  • Endpoint Admin Access
  • Tiering Model
  • Server Security
  • DC And Domain Security
  • Chapter 6 Quiz

  • Event Log Basics
  • AD and DC Event Logs
  • Audit Policy
  • Advanced Audit Policy
  • Chapter 7 Quiz
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Instructor

Derek Melber

Derek Melber, 18X Microsoft MVP, has been working with Microsoft network operating systems since Windows NT 3.51. He has authored over 15 books, spoken at hundreds of Microsoft related events, and taught thousands of administrators throughout the world in his 28 years in the industry. Derek is able to take complex concepts and make them easy to understand and then put into practice. As a prolific educator to the Microsoft community for more than 25 years, Derek is able to teach anyone the finer points of Active Directory and security. Derek is sought after as one of the true experts in Active Directory security and is asked to speak at the largest events every year, to teach novice to highly experienced administrators throughout the world.

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