Avoid high cyber insurance costs by improving Active Directory security

This sponsored article explains why cyber insurance premiums are rising and how insurers evaluate organizations’ risk, emphasizing the centrality of Active Directory security. It recommends practices such as regular audits, blocking weak and compromised passwords, enforcing MFA, robust patch management, and strict privileged account controls, and promotes Specops Password Policy and Breached Password Protection as tools to help meet insurer expectations and strengthen defenses.