{"id":530926,"date":"2024-11-19T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commvault.com\/?p=530926"},"modified":"2024-11-20T10:30:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T15:30:47","slug":"from-mishaps-to-meltdowns-safeguard-your-active-directory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commvault.com\/blogs\/from-mishaps-to-meltdowns-safeguard-your-active-directory","title":{"rendered":"From Mishaps to Meltdowns: Safeguard Your Active Directory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">Welcome back to our three-part series on Microsoft Active Directory (AD). If you missed our previous post on the importance of protecting AD, you can check it out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commvault.com\/blogs\/active-directory-and-its-critical-role-in-ransomware-recovery#:~:text=With%20Commvault%20Cloud%2C%20you%20get,%2C%20app%20registrations%2C%20and%20more.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">AD and Entra ID are central to providing secure authentication for your business, and enabling its recoverability is critical. If AD data becomes corrupted or the directory itself is unavailable, it can severely impact line-of-business applications and processes, blocking user access to vital systems and resources. Without AD, the business cannot continue. Given the stakes, it\u2019s crucial to be ready for the various disasters that could impact AD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ad-disasters-can-vary-in-size-scope\">AD Disasters Can Vary in Size, Scope \u00a0<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">AD disasters span a wide spectrum, whether accidental or malicious. They can be as minor as the accidental deletion of an individual object to the deletion of an entire organizational unit hierarchy. In worst-case scenarios like schema corruption or ransomware, the entire domain or forest may need to be recovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">These scenarios emphasize the need for robust recovery strategies. In this post, we\u2019ll tackle recovery from smaller disasters like accidental deletions. Stay tuned for Part 3 of our series to learn about forest recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-navigating-granular-disasters\">Navigating Granular Disasters<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Behind all the technology keeping our systems running, there are humans. With multiple administrators typically having permissions to AD and the scripts and automation they use to keep the data in AD up to date, mistakes will happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Let\u2019s say you\u2019re deleting a user who has left your company \u2013 a pretty routine task. But let\u2019s say you delete the wrong user. Now, that user\u2019s productivity is derailed, and there\u2019s time and cost associated with the remedy. Your business is disrupted, and you might suffer reputational damage if they happened to be in the middle of a critical, time-sensitive project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">And that user you intended to delete? A disgruntled ex-colleague with access to your systems can do untold damage to your company and your brand. It\u2019s the perfect illustration of why fast, accurate operations are critical to protecting your AD \u2013 even for the most basic of tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-commvault-safeguards-your-ad\">How Commvault Safeguards Your AD<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Commvault\u00ae Cloud Backup &amp; Recovery for Active Directory helps protect your AD and Entra ID to minimize loss, downtime, and cyber risk. It provides daily backups of attributes and objects \u2013 and fast, granular, and accurate<a href=\"https:\/\/commvaultsystems.kapost.com\/posts\/from-mishaps-to-meltdowns-safeguard-your-active-directory#_msocom_1\"><\/a>&nbsp;recovery of missing, damaged, or misconfigured objects. Interactive full domain comparisons allow you to easily compare all changes in the AD domain between two points in time, quickly identify the data that needs to be recovered or reverted, and restore it quickly, directly from the report. All of it is designed to enable faster recovery and continuous business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-single-domain-controller-ad-recovery-in-cleanroom-recovery\">Single Domain Controller AD Recovery in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commvault.com\/platform\/cleanroom-recovery\">Cleanroom Recovery<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Users now can include a single domain controller in the Cleanroom Recovery group to streamline the recovery process and integrate AD seamlessly. With this new capability, users can recover AD alongside other workloads into a Cleanroom target to quickly restore directory services.<a href=\"https:\/\/commvaultsystems.kapost.com\/posts\/from-mishaps-to-meltdowns-safeguard-your-active-directory#_msocom_3\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-learn-more\">Learn More<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">For more insights, check out our recent podcast episodes. On\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2nBEpQO_dUE&amp;list=PLVNsboCVPVWUhDuj6NRJa8dBCRKmC2UoH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Resiliency Rundown podcast<\/a>, Commvault Field CTO and Principal Technologist Dan Conrad and host Thomas Bryant discuss navigating AD threats and protections. And on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h6uP5z3b2Yo&amp;list=PLVNsboCVPVWXPs2d2nhi6KoDkDZ2hj1e7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The STRIVE podcast<\/a>, host Darren Thomson talks about best practices to protect your AD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Experience the power of Commvault Cloud Backup &amp; Recovery for Active Directory with a 30-day\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commvault.com\/trials\/active-directory-backup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">free trial<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protect AD from every angle when disaster strikes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":530927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_custom_css":"","_custom_js_footer":"","_page_background_color":"","_remove_from_search":false,"_dark_mode":false,"_light_footer_mode":false,"_sidebar_form":{"id":"","name":"","cta":"","redirect":""},"_alert_notification_bar":{"show":true,"bg_color":"","content":"","call_to_action_label":"","call_to_action_link":""},"_footer_cta":{"show":false,"title":"","subtitle":"","cta_text":"","cta_link":"","background":{"id":0,"url":""}},"_cmv_customer_logo":{"id":0,"url":""},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"i18n_hreflangs":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[207],"tags":[],"cmv_author":[981],"class_list":{"0":"post-530926","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-backup-2","8":"cmv_author-katharine-colucci","9":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v23.0) - 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