Understanding and Protecting Kerberos – The Soft Underbelly of Cybersecurity

Date: Tuesday, January 25th at 11am PT / 2pm ET

With the advent of Active Directory more than 20 years ago, the Kerberos protocol was a game-changer in terms of security, unification, and moving AD into the realm of identity management. But times have changed. Newer and more sophisticated attack methods and the move to the cloud have left Kerberos as a highly vulnerable aspect of your fundamental hybrid identity story.

In this session, Elad Shamir, director of breach preparedness and response at Semperis will help you learn:

  • The basics of how Kerberos works
  • How to combat Kerberoasting attacks
  • Mitigating Silver Ticket and Golden Ticket attacks
  • The dangers and remedies of Kerberos unconstrained delegation and authentication coercion

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About the speakers:

Elad Shamir | Director, Breach Preparedness and Response, Semperis

Elad has over fifteen years of experience across the different domains of information security and spent most of his career focusing on security research and delivering offensive security services, such as red team adversary simulations and penetration tests. Previously, Elad served in the Israeli intelligence and worked in the private sector in Israel, Australia, and the United States, most recently as a senior member of the Adversary Simulation team at SpecterOps. Elad specializes in identifying security flaws in complex systems and weaponizing intended functionality for offensive capabilities, particularly in Windows and Active Directory environments. Elad recently joined Semperis as Director of Breach Preparedness and Response, leveraging his vast experience and attacker-oriented perspective to help organizations before and after cyber attacks.

Sean Deuby | Director of Services, Semperis

Sean Deuby brings 30 years’ experience in Enterprise IT and Hybrid Identity to his role as Director of Services at Semperis. An original architect and technical leader of Intel's Active Directory, Texas Instrument’s Windows NT network, and 15-time MVP alumnus, Sean has been involved with Microsoft identity technology since its inception. His experience as an identity strategy consultant for many Fortune 500 companies gives him a broad perspective on the challenges of today's identity-centered security. Sean is also an industry journalism veteran; as former technical director for Windows IT Pro, he has over 400 published articles on Active Directory, Azure Active Directory and related security, and Windows Server. He has presented sessions at multiple CIS / Identiverse conferences.


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