The number of vulnerabilities in the Top-50 most popular programs typically installed on end-user PCs is increasing at an alarming rate. This trend is primarily driven by the increase in vulnerabilities discovered in 3rd party programs (non-Microsoft), which have exceeded Microsoft as the criminal’s preferred target.

Microsoft Active Directory is an established NOS directory technology and most enterprises have made significant investments in their AD infrastructure. Many of these enterprises are now looking to further improve the user experience, reduce redundancy, and increase simplicity of directory management, by re-using the information currently stored in AD for new initiatives and applications. In [...]