S13 E8 When you’re Small, you’re the Easiest Target

Security Confidential

This week on Dark Rhiino Security’s Security Confidential podcast, Host Manoj Tandon talks to James Potter. James is an Active Directory veteran with nearly 25 years in the field. A native of Detroit, James started his career at the University of Michigan where at the tender age of 17, he helped U of M develop their computer systems. For the next two decades James earned his stripes in consulting with organizations like Ernst & Young and PwC before founding his own company, DSE, in 2019. At DSE, James leads a dynamic group of architects, engineers, and SMEs who help large international organizations secure and modernize their AD infrastructure. He currently resides in the Pacific Northwest where—like a true son of Michigan—he restores old cars in his spare time.

00:00 Introduction

00:18 Our Guest

01:11 Starting in Active Directory

06:29 Has the security changed on a Jet Database?

08:06 The 3 tiers of security

11:44 What should SMBs do? Compliance vs Security

13:12 When you’re small, you’re the easiest target

16:40 Biggest risks that organizations face

20:02 Why do we still have Active Directory?

23:40 Foundational things that you should be doing

26:44 Escalation of Privileges

29:55 Asset Inventory: how do you control anything if you don’t know what you have?

40:47 Mergers and acquisitions

43:50 DSE and Connecting with James