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Adversary Simulation

Active Directory & Privilege Escalation

Adversary simulation of the identity backbone: Kerberoasting, credential attacks and misconfiguration abuse that turn a foothold into privileged control, the most common route to domain compromise.

How it works

Inside Active Directory & Privilege Escalation

01

Attacking Identity

Active Directory is the identity backbone most organisations run on, and its weaknesses are the fastest route to control.

Our methodology

We test Kerberoasting, AS-REP roasting and credential attacks against your AD and hybrid Entra ID, mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK Privilege Escalation tactic.

  • Kerberoasting
  • Active Directory
  • Entra ID
02

Abusing Misconfiguration

Years of accumulated permissions and delegation create hidden paths to domain admin no one intended.

Our methodology

We surface delegation abuse and misconfigured access controls, mapping the escalation paths a real attacker would walk from a low-privilege account.

  • Delegation abuse
  • ACL abuse
  • Privilege paths
03

Shortest Path to Dominance

A pile of AD issues is overwhelming; what matters is the handful that lead to compromise.

Our methodology

We map the shortest attack paths to domain dominance and prioritise the fixes that break them, with a retest to confirm.

  • Attack paths
  • Prioritised
  • Retest
FAQ

Active Directory & Privilege Escalation FAQs

Why does adversary simulation focus on Active Directory?

Because Active Directory misconfigurations are the single most common route from one low-privilege account to full domain compromise. We test Kerberoasting, credential attacks and delegation abuse, then map the shortest paths to domain dominance.

Does it cover hybrid Entra ID?

Yes. Most environments are hybrid, so we assess on-premises AD together with Entra ID and the trust relationships between them, where many modern escalation paths live.

Is it safe on production identity systems?

Yes. We use controlled techniques with clear rules of engagement, coordinate on sensitive operations and avoid disruptive actions.

How does this help Essential Eight?

AD hardening underpins several Essential Eight mitigations, including restricting administrative privileges, so findings improve both real resilience and compliance posture.

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