Are you exposing your Active Directory environment to unauthorised service exposure or misconfigured permissions due to incomplete visibility into Service Connection Points (SCP)? Without accurate, structured data on SCP objects, your organisation risks undetected privilege escalation paths, failed compliance audits under frameworks like ISO 27001 and NIST, and blind spots in identity attack surface management. The Service Connection Points in Active Directory Dataset (2024) delivers a complete, analysis-ready inventory of 1,542 verified SCP requirements, mappings, and configuration benchmarks, enabling you to rapidly identify rogue or misconfigured service registrations, enforce least privilege, and strengthen your directory security posture before attackers exploit gaps.
What You Receive
- 1,542 prioritised SCP requirements categorised by object class, service type, and risk level, enables rapid filtering and triage based on urgency and operational impact
- Comprehensive service-to-object mapping table in Excel and CSV with fields for distinguishedName, serviceBindingInformation, serviceClassName, and location, provides full visibility into where and how services register in your directory
- Active Directory SCP benchmarking dataset aligned with Microsoft’s security best practices and CIS Controls v8, lets you compare your current configuration against secure baselines
- Real-world use cases and misconfiguration examples drawn from audit findings and penetration tests, helps you recognise dangerous patterns such as unconstrained delegation via SCP or unauthorised domain join points
- Integration-ready data model designed for ingestion into SIEM, IAM, or GRC platforms, supports automated compliance reporting and continuous monitoring of service registration changes
- Change impact analysis guide explaining how SCP modifications affect service discovery and authentication flows, prevents accidental outages during hardening initiatives
How This Helps You
With this dataset, you gain immediate clarity on how services advertise themselves within Active Directory, information attackers actively exploit to locate high-value targets. You can conduct precise gap analyses between your current SCP configuration and secure benchmarks, reducing time to detect misconfigurations from weeks to minutes. This directly mitigates risks such as unauthorised domain controllers, spoofed enterprise services, and lateral movement via rogue LDAP or Kerberos registrations. Failing to map and control SCPs means leaving backdoors open for privilege escalation attacks, potentially resulting in failed audits, regulatory penalties, or breach incidents. By using this dataset, you turn an obscure but critical component of AD into a governed, auditable control point, strengthening both security and compliance outcomes.
Who Is This For?
- Identity and Access Management (IAM) Analysts who need to map service registration patterns and detect anomalous SCP entries
- Active Directory Security Engineers hardening directory services against identity-based attacks
- Compliance Officers validating adherence to standards like PCI DSS, SOX, or HIPAA that require controls over service accounts and directory integrity
- Penetration Testers and Red Teams seeking authoritative reference data on legitimate vs. malicious SCP usage
- Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Consultants building audit checklists for directory service controls
- Microsoft Infrastructure Teams troubleshooting service discovery issues or planning secure service deployments
Choosing this dataset isn’t just about gaining information, it’s about eliminating uncertainty in one of Active Directory’s most overlooked attack vectors. As a security professional, you’re responsible for preventing breaches before they happen. This resource gives you the precision data you need to act confidently, demonstrate due diligence, and close critical configuration gaps fast.
What does the Service Connection Points in Active Directory Dataset include?
The Service Connection Points in Active Directory Dataset includes 1,542 prioritised SCP requirements, a fully structured CSV and Excel table mapping service classes to object attributes, real-world misconfiguration examples, alignment with CIS and Microsoft security benchmarks, and use cases for audit, security analysis, and compliance validation, all delivered as an instant digital download.