Implementing NIST, ESAE and Red Forest Cybersecurity Principles in Active Directory

Most organizations have invested heavily in perimeter defense, but the reality is that 90 percent of organizations feel vulnerable to insider attacks. Often, an outside attacker takes over a legitimate account: Microsoft has reported that, every day, 95 million Active Directory (AD) accounts2 and 10 million Azure AD accounts3 are the target of cyber attacks. Examine how the United States Federal Government and Microsoft have responded to the increasingly pervasive insider threat.