How secure is your Active Directory?
The Active Directory is a favourite target of cyber attacks. This is because this Windows directory service exists as a central IT administration component in almost every company.
A successful attack can lead to the complete compromise of your entire IT infrastructure. It is therefore essential to regularly check your AD environment for vulnerabilities – with an intensive and in-depth Active Directory penetration test.
Our Active Directory pentest services
Our Active Directory penetration test covers a wide range of measures. These include, among others:
🛑 Checking the Active Directory for missing patches, configuration errors and potential vulnerabilities
🛑 Security check of the Windows client – MS Office, application control policies, command line shell security policies, possible bypassing of antivirus/endpoint protection (EDR)
🛑 Identification and assessment of risks due to no longer supported and vulnerable operating systems
🛑 Detection of obsolete or no longer secure (authentication) protocols
🛑 Analysis of shared resources, such as file shares, using various AD enumeration tests
🛑 Checking password security using brute force and dictionary attacks as well as rainbow table analyses
🛑 Detection of PKI misconfigurations (Active Directory Certificate Services – ADCS) through intensive audits with tried-and-tested tools
🛑 Implementation of MS-SQL attacks
🛑 Checking hybrid environments in which Linux systems are integrated into the Active Directory
🛑 Analysing user and group permissions within the Active Directory structure
🛑 Simulated attacks to check the detection capability of your security mechanisms
How you benefit from our
Active Directory penetration testing
Our AD pentest pursues several central objectives in order to increase the security level of your IT infrastructure – for example in the following areas:
Detection of vulnerabilities
We identify potentially exploitable security gaps and misconfigurations in your Active Directory.
Testing the security mechanisms
We evaluate the effectiveness of your existing security measures – for example the password policy, access rights and patch management.
Prevention of privilege escalation
We check whether attackers would be able to extend their rights within the AD environment and consequently gain control of your IT infrastructure.
Preventive protection of critical systems
By proactively checking for vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in your Active Directory, the risk of a later compromise is massively reduced.
How does an AD pentest work?
Our penetration testers attack your Active Directory system on your behalf – with the mindset and approach of a typical attacker.
A high-quality AD pentest requires a clear, structured and repeatable approach.
Our Active Directory pentesting procedure
The Trovent Active Directory pentest follows a clearly structured and proven process. This is as follows:
Gathering information
Detailed analysis of your AD environment to collect relevant data
Vulnerability analysis
Use of specialised tools such as BloodHound, Mimikatz and Impacket
Attack simulation
Utilisation of weak points under realistic conditions
Recommendations
Preparation of a detailed report with optimization proposals
Support
Expert advice for your IT team on the implementation of improvement measures
Validation
The effectiveness of the measures is verified with a retest
AD penetration testing: Your advantages
✅ Preventive measure
With our Active Directory penetration testing, you can recognise vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them.
✅ Minimisation of the risk
The likelihood of costly production interruptions, reputational damage, data loss and/or fines is significantly reduced.
✅ Strengthening compliance
You fulfil the increasing regulatory requirements for cyber security in general (e.g. NIS-2)
✅ Minimise the burden on your IT
Concentrate on your day-to-day business! The Trovent AD pentest requires only a few resources from your IT security team.
Get free advice from us
Are you considering having your Active Directory tested? Do you have questions about the procedure and the costs? Are you concerned about the possible impact on your ongoing IT operations?
We would be happy to discuss these questions and much more with you in a free consultation!
