Kerberos vs. LDAP: Choosing the Right Enterprise Protocol

This article explains the roles and differences between Kerberos (a ticket-based mutual authentication protocol) and LDAP (a directory access protocol), outlines common risks—such as kerberoasting, ticket forging, and LDAP injection—and recommends mitigations like enforcing LDAPS, hardening Kerberos ticket policies, restricting anonymous directory access, and monitoring for anomalous ticket activity to improve enterprise authentication and identity management.