Liz Tesch

In this conversation, Liz Tesch, a Senior Cloud Solution Architect on Microsoft's Incident Response team, shares insights on modernizing Active Directory for today's cybersecurity landscape. She explains the outdated practices of managing AD like it's 1999 and highlights the importance of reducing privilege levels to thwart attacks. Liz discusses the need for tools like Mimikatz awareness, auditing domain admins, and leveraging free resources such as Local Administrator Password Solution. She also emphasizes integrating security measures like Privileged Identity Management to bolster defenses against evolving threats.