I want to join our organisation AD with a recently acquired company’s AD for federated access. What are the security risks I should consider?

As per the title. What risks and controls should I consider? Are there any questions i need to ask the external party AD before setting up the ‘Trust’ between the 2 ADs?

Continue reading I want to join our organisation AD with a recently acquired company’s AD for federated access. What are the security risks I should consider?

How is a Windows Active Directory Machine Account Password stored in Windows/Samba Clients?

It’s said that a Windows Machine Account Password is usually composed of 120 characters in UTF-16-LE format. But when looking at the value stored in the Windows Registry under HKLM\SECURITY\Policy\Secrets\$MACHINE.ACC\CurrVal one finds a s… Continue reading How is a Windows Active Directory Machine Account Password stored in Windows/Samba Clients?