Active Directory Penetration Testing Part 2: Exploitation, BloodHound, Detection, and Case Study Active Directory Penetration Testing is a controlled, authorized simulation of how an attacker would break into your company’s Active Directory environment. Think of it like hiring someone to try to break into your house – but instead of picking locks or climbing through

Active Directory Penetration Testing Part 1: Reconnaissance, Enumeration, Initial Access, and Exploitation  Active Directory security assessments. This installment focuses on the first half of the attack lifecycle, everything from initial scoping through credential exploitation – with up-to-date techniques, tooling, and defensive guidance for 2026. Most enterprise breaches don’t start with a zero-day. They start with