How to Block Known Bad Active Directory Passwords

In this article, we will explore why and how to block the use of certain passwords for Active Directory user accounts. In an Active Directory environment, password security is a critical factor in protecting user accounts against cyberattacks. However, even with a strict password policy in place, some users or administrators may still choose weak passwords or ones that can be easily guessed. To strengthen the security of your domain, it is possible to prevent the use of specific passwords.

Boost your Active Directory Security with this Free Audit

Scan your Active Directory passwords for strength and find weaknesses with a free Specops audit.

Fortifying the Frontline: Protecting Helpdesks from Social Engineering

Helpdesks are prime targets for social engineering. Specops Secure Service Desk ensures only verified users gain access, stopping attackers at the source.

Enzoic for Active Directory: Enhanced Password Security

In this ATA Learning product review, learn if and how Enzoic for Active Directory protects monitored entities from compromised passwords!

Staying Certified with the Updated NCSC Cyber Essentials

Learn how to stay secure and certified with the newly updated NCSC Cyber Essentials certification in this ATA Learning article!

uberAgent: In-Depth User Experience & Security Analytics

In this ATA Learning product review, discover if uberAgent lives up to it’s promise of in-depth user experience and security analytics tracking!

3CX Live Chat: Enhance Customer Support for Your Website

In this review, learn if the 3CX Live Chat product helps you connect to your online customers quickly and easily!

Don’t be a Blockbuster. Embrace the Digital Employee

Don’t be a Blockbuster and get caught slacking with your digital employee experience.

Are you a Digital Employee Experience trailblazer?

Monitor and make your digital employee experience a priority ASAP

Stop the Confusion: Keep End Users Secure with Strong Passwords

Utilize the best practices of 2022 to create strong passwords and policies with recently updated NIST guidelines and enforce them with Specops Password Policy!

PingPlotter: Network Troubleshooting from Within

Discover the root of network instability with this product review of PingPlotter Cloud and see if and how PingPlotter Cloud can work for you!

A Great Digital Employee Experience Keeps Employees

Snacks and free drinks in the office aren’t enough. To keep remote, digital employees, you must have a new strategy.

Avoid Kerberoasting Attacks with a Secure Service Desk

Learn how a Kerberoasting attack works, its implications, and best practices to protect yourself. Protect yourself further with a secure service desk.

Passwork: A Modern Password Manager for 2022

Passwork offers a modern and flexible password management solution for enterprises in a secure self-hosted solution!

A Weak Password List Says Hack Me: Protect Yourself

Learn how easy cracking an NTLM password is and how to avoid hacked accounts by using a weak password list to ban insecure passwords!

Enhancing Network Visibility and Control with Auvik

In this honest ATA Learning review discover if the Auvik cloud-based network management platform lives up to the hype!

Mitigate Leaked Password Damage with Honeypots

Is blocking leaked passwords enough to mitigate risks? Hackers are now crafting complex passwords! Perhaps it’s time to consider blocking passwords observed in the wild using Honeypots!

SolarWinds THWACKcamp Session on AIOps: Buzzword or Legit

Is AIOps really a thing or is it just another marketing buzzword? Find out my thoughts and a little about the upcoming SolarWinds THWACKcamp session.