Security firm releases free Purple Knight tool to spot weaknesses in Active Directory>
Tech Republic – Veronica Combs
Security firm Semperis built Purple Knight to make it easy for companies to patch holes in Active Directory security. The tool was announced on March 16. The free tool assesses permissions across an organization to look for weaknesses.

Darren Mar-Elia, vice president of products at Semperis, said in a press release that Purple Knight addresses a need that has become more pronounced in the wake of the Exchange Server Hafnium attack.

According to Semperis, users of the tool reported an average failing score of 61%, with Kerberos Security being the top risk area with an average score of 43%. Other category scores from initial results were 58% for Group Policy security, 59% for account security, 68% for AD delegation, and 77% for AD infrastructure security.
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