Imagine that you work in a large organization, for instance, a large school system with hundreds of branches, or a multinational firm where new employees are hired every day. You get a list of new users to create in Active Directory every day; sometimes less than 10 and sometimes more than 100. Typically, like most…
Groups are an important part of an organization’s Active Directory. For sharing information, distribution lists are quite handy. For assigning permissions and granting access to resources based on their roles and designations, security groups are indispensable. When it comes to managing Active Directory groups, small organizations may need to create groups occasionally, but in larger…
Native Bulk User Creation vs Netwrix GroupID 95% of Fortune 500 companies rely on Active Directory (AD). Launched in 1999, AD is a foundational component of all business – you’ll find it in government, at schools, and in IT environments of every type. Of course, it’s also in the cloud with Azure AD. Creating users…
To understand the concept of the access control mechanism, consider an organization’s network and resources as a building. It has only one entry gate protected by a security guard. To enter the building, visitors must prove their identity to the security guard. Those who fail to prove their identity are denied entry to the building.…
While authentication and authorization are often used interchangeably, both are considered as separate processes that are used to protect an organization from cyber-attacks. Authentication and authorization are significant parts of the first line of defense against data theft. As data breaches continue to increase in frequency and scale, strong authentication and authorization techniques should be…
We are all familiar with the scenario: where a user calls the helpdesk to request a password reset after complaining that the computer won’t accept their current one or HR sends you an email with a list of recent hires who require new passwords to be created. Both situations can be handled utilizing the following…