AD Security Questions

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Hello,

I'm trying to find a good reference for a list of questions to ask a
customer with respect to their Active Directory accounts security. This
customer said that they have some users who have 3+ accounts each, some that
are shared accounts, etc.

I'm basically looking for a set of best practice questions to provide them
with talking about the best way to provision user accounts in AD from a
security standpoint. There has to be regulations for things like HIPPA,
SOX, GLBA?

We're trying to figure out if the answers to these questions warrant an AD
audit from a security standpoint.

Make sense?

Any help or references would be appreciated.
 
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msadexchman said:
Hello,

I'm trying to find a good reference for a list of questions to ask a
customer with respect to their Active Directory accounts security. This
customer said that they have some users who have 3+ accounts
each, some that are shared accounts, etc.

I'm basically looking for a set of best practice questions to provide
them with talking about the best way to provision user accounts in AD
from a security standpoint. There has to be regulations for things
like HIPPA, SOX, GLBA?

We're trying to figure out if the answers to these questions warrant
an AD audit from a security standpoint.

Make sense?

Any help or references would be appreciated.
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Three accounts and some of them shared? That's a red flag right there.

SourceFire has a tool to scan for HIPAA compliance:
http://www.sourcefire.com/compliance/hipaa.html

So do many others. Officials will also audit for HIPAA compliancy if your
org falls under that category.

There are other tools you can use, such as eEye's Retina, GFI Languard, or
even the MBSA to scan the network and AD to produce a report. THere are
other tools as well. You can also go to www.microsoft.com/security for more
info.

Check this article out too-
Network scanners pinpoint problems:
http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2002/0204bgrev.html


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