Security predictions for 2022

“On-premises Active Directory (AD), Windows’ directory service, remains a wide open weak spot in most companies. As the core of Windows operating systems, AD manages user permissions and holds the key to numerous business-critical processes and services – but its default configuration makes it an easy target. While businesses are increasingly shifting workloads from on premises to the cloud, AD remains a foundational piece of infrastructure for both environments for 90% of organisations, and it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. Cybercriminals know this and are increasingly using AD weaknesses as an inroad for attacks against data and applications in the cloud, thus bypassing classic cloud protection systems.” – read more at TechNative!