The Launch of AD Defense
From The Didi & Lital Show by pod617.com
February 24, 2026 · 31 min · Episode 161
About this episode
The episode discusses the launch of Duo's Active Directory connector and AD Defense, focusing on addressing technical debt and enhancing security measures.
The conversation covers Duo at Cisco launching an Active Directory connector and “AD Defense,” addressing 30 years of AD technical debt, attribute mapping, and non-human identity discovery, leveraging existing Splunk log pipelines. They describe intercepting AD authentication to enforce Duo MFA, integrating BloodHound/SpecterOps for attack-path detections, and offering a Duo Advantage tier with beta access for Duo customers. Topics 00:30 Israel Trip and Hummus Talk 01:13 Kickoff Jet Lag and Ski Plans 01:33 Boy Band Draft 15:00 Why Active Directory Persists 16:26 AD Technical Debt Explained 20:07 Startup vs Cisco Scale 21:19 Building the AD Connector 23:31 AD Defense and AI Agents 25:48 MFA Controls and BloodHound 26:40 Pricing Beta and Portfolio Impact
Topics covered
- Active Directory
- AD Defense
- Duo MFA
- technical debt
- identity discovery
- attack-path detection
- pricing beta
Keywords
- Active Directory
- Duo
- AD Defense
- MFA
- technical debt
- identity discovery
- Splunk
- BloodHound
- SpecterOps
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Cisco, Duo, Splunk, BloodHound, SpecterOps
Products: Active Directory, AD Defense
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