Offline CA
Enabling Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS) advanced audit
Hello S-1-1-0, here is another unscheduled blog post on enabling advanced audit in Microsoft CA. Today I went through another thread on Twitter which suggests how to enable advanced audit in Microsoft CA. Throughout the thread it was apparent that only partial solution was provided. Windows CA auditing engines Microsoft CA implements a set of…
Read MoreAnnouncing the Online PKI Assessmental Portal
I am extremely proud to announce that today we have launched our Online PKI Assessment Portal. This new service is the first of its kind to offer online, automated, self-paced review and assessments of Microsoft ADCS based PKIs. We have been performing onsite PKI Assessments for customers for years now. Typically focused on the design,…
Read MorePKI Explained: Why It Is Necessary and Relevant Now More Than Ever
Unauthorized access, unsigned applications (malware) and unsecured email. What can help prevent these top 3 cyberthreats impacting organizations today? Public key infrastructure (PKI). Mark explains PKI and authentication in an article in ISACA’s The Nexus. I like his analogy describing PKI as “a virtual, encrypted handshake.” Check out the article.
Read MoreBacking up ADCS Certificate Authorities (Part 2 of 2)
In my last blog post (Backing up ADCS Certificate Authorities Part 1) I covered the inner workings of how ADCS and the Jet database works to maintain the CA data. In this post I am going to go over a comprehensive PowerShell script that I wrote to perform a full backup of all necessary ADCS…
Read MoreBacking up ADCS Certificate Authorities (Part 1 of 2)
One of the areas I have spoken about extensively at conferences and cover in our training classes is the unique issues associated with backing up and managing your ADCS Certificate Authority. There are several items I would like to address in this two-part series: CA Database and log file structure Unique issues with VM Snapshots with…
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