The Launch of AD Defense

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