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Authentication Protocols in Active Directory Dataset (Publication Date: 2024/01)

Authentication Protocols in Active Directory Dataset (Publication Date: 2024/01)

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What does the Authentication Protocols in Active Directory Dataset include?

The Authentication Protocols in Active Directory Dataset (2024) includes a complete, structured inventory of 1,542 authentication protocols used in Active Directory environments, delivered in CSV and Excel formats. It contains technical specifications, risk ratings, deprecation status, compliance mappings to NIST, CIS, and ISO standards, and remediation guidance. Also included are gap analysis templates, PowerShell scripts for configuration assessment, and impact assessment tools to support safe protocol deprecation.

Outdated or misconfigured authentication protocols in Active Directory expose your organisation to credential theft, lateral movement, and unauthorised access, common root causes in 74% of Active Directory, based breaches. The Authentication Protocols in Active Directory Dataset (2024) delivers a complete, analysis-ready inventory of 1,542 authentication protocols, enabling you to detect insecure configurations, align with Zero Trust principles, and harden your identity infrastructure before attackers exploit weaknesses. With regulatory scrutiny increasing and audit frameworks like ISO 27001, NIST SP 800-63, and CIS Controls requiring explicit protocol governance, failing to maintain a verified baseline of allowed and deprecated methods puts your compliance status and operational resilience at risk. This dataset ensures you can prove due diligence, respond to assessor requests, and prioritise mitigation with precision.

What You Receive

  • Comprehensive protocol dataset (CSV and Excel formats): 1,542 authenticated protocol entries with full technical specifications, including protocol name, authentication method type (e.g. NTLM, Kerberos, Digest, OAuth), encryption strength, default enabled status, deprecation roadmap, and Microsoft support lifecycle, enabling rapid filtering and integration into your asset and vulnerability management systems.
  • Security risk scoring matrix: Each protocol is assigned a risk level (Critical, High, Medium, Low) based on known exploitability, brute-force susceptibility, and MITRE ATT&CK technique mapping, so you can prioritise disabling high-risk protocols like NTLMv1 and LAN Manager across your domain.
  • Compliance mapping workbook: Explicit alignment of each protocol to key standards including NIST SP 800-63B, CIS Benchmark v8 for Windows Server, GDPR Article 32, and PCI DSS Requirement 8, allowing you to generate evidence-ready reports for internal and external auditors.
  • Deployment impact assessment templates (Word): Pre-built questionnaires and change control checklists to evaluate business-critical application dependencies before disabling legacy protocols, minimising service disruption during hardening initiatives.
  • Remediation roadmap planner (Excel): A phased migration framework with version-specific guidance for replacing deprecated protocols with modern alternatives such as Kerberos with AES encryption or Web Authentication (WebAuthn) integrations, accelerating your move to passwordless and multi-factor authentication readiness.
  • Domain-wide gap analysis tool: Instructions and PowerShell scripts to compare your current Active Directory protocol configuration against the dataset baseline, identifying misconfigurations in under 15 minutes.

How This Helps You

With this dataset, you gain immediate visibility into which authentication protocols are active, permitted, or prohibited across your Windows environments, transforming an otherwise opaque attack surface into a governed, auditable control plane. By detecting and disabling weak protocols like NTLM or unsecured LDAP binds, you directly reduce the success rate of pass-the-hash, relay attacks, and golden ticket exploits. Organisations that fail to maintain an up-to-date authentication protocol inventory face failed audits, repeated findings in penetration test reports, and increased mean time to contain breaches. You’ll be able to demonstrate compliance during assessments, accelerate incident response with accurate protocol context, and build a defensible identity security posture. Without this dataset, you risk operating on incomplete guidance, leaving legacy protocols enabled that attackers can exploit with commodity tools.

Who Is This For?

  • Identity and Access Management (IAM) specialists seeking to modernise Active Directory authentication and enforce conditional access policies.
  • Security analysts and SOC teams investigating suspicious authentication events and needing reference data to classify traffic.
  • Compliance officers preparing for ISO, NIST, or SOC 2 audits requiring documented control over authentication methods.
  • IT administrators and Windows system engineers planning Active Directory upgrades, domain migrations, or protocol deprecation projects.
  • Penetration testers and red teams validating attack paths related to authentication weaknesses and requiring verified protocol exploit data.
  • Consultants and managed service providers (MSPs) delivering Active Directory hardening services across multiple clients.

Choosing the Authentication Protocols in Active Directory Dataset (2024) isn’t just a data purchase, it’s a strategic investment in proactive cyber defence and audit readiness. With instant digital access to a rigorously validated, standards-aligned dataset, you gain the clarity and confidence to enforce secure authentication at scale. This is the resource smart security professionals use to move from reactive troubleshooting to proactive risk reduction.

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