Domain Password Auditing with the Cloud | SANS@MIC Talk
3The primary vulnerability in networks today is passwords. Often these bad passwords are not even compliant with the organization's password policy! How does this happen, and how can we tell?
In this talk, we discuss password selection vulnerabilities and demonstrate auditing an Active Directory environment leveraging cloud resources to enhance scale with a low cost to entry. Once we have discovered issues, we will explore techniques to perform statistical analysis and triage our findings for remediation. Passwords are important and they affect all organizations even those who feel like they have solved the problem.
Speaker Bio
Matthew Toussain is an active-duty Air Force officer and the founder of Spectrum Information Security, a firm focused on maximizing the value proposition of information security programs. As an avid information security researcher, Matthew regularly hunts for vulnerabilities in computer systems and releases tools to demonstrate the effectiveness of attacks and countermeasures. He has been a guest speaker at many conference venues, including DEFCON, the largest security conference in the world.
After graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy, where he architected and instructed the summer cyber course that now trains over 400 cadets per year, Matthew served as the Senior Cyber Tactics Development Lead for the U.S. Air Force. He directed the teams responsible for developing innovative tactics, techniques, and procedures for offensive operations as well as for cyber protection teams (CPT). Later, as a member of the 688th Cyber Warfare Wing he managed the Air Force's transition of all 18 CPTs to fully operational capability. As a founding member of Spectrum, Matthew regularly performs a wide variety of information security services. He earned his master's degree in information security engineering as one of the first graduates of the SANS Technology Institute and supports many national and international cyber competitions including the CCDC, Netwars, and the National Security Agency's Cyber Defense Exercise as a red team member and instructor.