Microsoft Windows is the most popular, the most ubiquitous operating system in the world.

It’s present on Servers, Clients and mobile devices. In fact, chances are good, that, if you walk

into any building today, you’re gonna find, at least, one device, running some version,

of the Windows, operating system.

At my day job, I’m responsible for, the administration, and security,

of dozens, of Windows Servers, and hundreds, of Windows Clients.

Speaking of security, we often think of hackers, as people who are external to the organization.

So we deploy software firewalls, hardware firewalls, proxy servers, intrusion detection mechanisms,

and physical-access measures to keep external intruders at bay.

But the truth is, external attackers are not the only threats to the security of our business.

A competent security administrator understands that company employees,

are just as likely to do harm, as external attackers. And this is a real problem because,

trusted employees already have access to the company’s network, they have authorization

to go in and out of the building, and this makes it much more difficult to impose

security measures on trusted entities.

In this course, using a series of very practicable techniques, I'm going to show you:

how easily a Windows Network can be breached, and

how to protect your Windows Network.

What are the requirements?

A computer with about 8 gigs of RAM

A plan to work through the exercises

A desire to complete the course

What am I going to get from this course?

Compromise the Windows Logon Screen

Hack the Local Administrator(s) User and Group

Practicable Social Engineering

Domain-wide Privilege Escalation

Stealthy Credential Hijacking

Build a Domain Controller

Add Clients to a domain

Use the Command Line

Use some Powershell

What is the target audience?

Anyone who wants to learn the inherent weaknesses in the Windows OS

Students wanting to learn how to protect a Windows Network from "Internal Intruders"

IT Pros responsible for the administration and security of a Windows Network