The Hidden Dangers of Shadow Admins

Shadow Admin accounts are user accounts that have sensitive privileges – not because they are members of a privileged admin Active Directory (AD) group, but because they were inadvertently assigned permissions that can allow them to take over other privileged accounts and leverage them to reach their target systems to compromise them. If a Shadow […]

The Hidden Dangers of Shadow Admins

Shadow Admin accounts are user accounts that have sensitive privileges – not because they are members of a privileged admin Active Directory (AD) group, but because they were inadvertently assigned permissions that can allow them to take over other privileged accounts and leverage them to reach their target systems to compromise them. If a Shadow […]