Active Directory - Threat Detection

Master Active Directory Threat Detection & Stop Misconfigurations Before They Become Breaches

Active Directory environments evolve over years — administrators change, legacy settings remain, and small misconfigurations quietly accumulate. Attackers know exactly where to look.

In this course, you’ll learn how to detect Active Directory threats and misconfigurations before they are exploited. You’ll understand common AD weaknesses and build a simple, practical detection mechanism that continuously monitors your environment for risky changes.

This is hands-on, practical AD defense — not just theory.

What You’ll Learn:

✔ Common AD Misconfigurations – Identify weaknesses in Kerberos, NTLM, LDAP signing, SMB, delegations, GPO permissions, and more.

✔ AD CS Vulnerabilities (ESC1–ESC6) – Understand how certificate misconfigurations can lead to privilege escalation and persistence.

✔ Privileged Account & Replication Risks – Detect issues related to AdminSDHolder, SIDHistory, DCSync, DCShadow, Protected Users, and excessive permissions.

✔ Hidden Persistence Techniques – Learn how attackers hide using ACL abuse, modified primary groups, or hidden objects.

✔ Build a Lightweight Detection Script – Create a baseline, compare daily scans, and automatically detect unauthorized changes.

✔ Secure Automation – Deploy scheduled monitoring using Task Scheduler and a gMSA for production-ready security.

By the end of this course, you’ll know where attackers typically find their entry points in Active Directory and how to spot dangerous changes using a simple but powerful detection mechanism you can implement immediately.

Expand Your Knowledge – Be sure to check out our other security courses and free resources to strengthen your Windows infrastructure even further!