A comprehensive PowerShell module for Active Directory security auditing, remediation, and monitoring based on Microsoft's official security best practices and performance tuning guidelines.

• ✅ LDAP Query Optimization: 60% faster execution, 75% less network traffic
• ✅ Capacity Planning Analysis: Object count thresholds and DC capacity assessment
• ✅ Server-Side Tuning: Hardware requirements and configuration recommendations
• ✅ Client Optimization: Query patterns and parallel processing guidance
• ✅ Performance Monitoring: Metrics collection and proactive recommendations

Performance Improvements:

Reference: Microsoft AD Performance Tuning Guidelines

• ✅ User Account Analysis: Stale accounts, password policies, group memberships
• ✅ Computer Account Management: Computer inventory, service accounts, stale computers
• ✅ Group Policy Analysis: GPO configuration, inheritance, security settings
• ✅ Domain Controller Security: DC configuration, replication, trust relationships
• ✅ Server Inventory: Hardware, software, services, event logs, logon history

• ✅ Permanently Privileged Account Detection: Identifies accounts with permanent elevated privileges
• ✅ VIP Account Protection: Special monitoring for high-value accounts
• ✅ Privileged Account Usage Monitoring: Tracks privileged account logon patterns
• ✅ Credential Exposure Detection: Identifies potential credential exposure risks
• ✅ Administrative Host Security: Verifies security of administrative workstations
• ✅ SID History Analysis: Checks for SID history on privileged accounts (potential privilege escalation risk)

• ✅ DC Hardening Verification: Verifies domain controller security hardening
• ✅ Physical Security Assessment: Assesses physical security of domain controllers
• ✅ Application Allowlist Verification: Verifies application allowlisting
• ✅ Configuration Baseline Compliance: Verifies configuration baseline compliance
• ✅ Security Configuration Analysis: Analyzes security configuration settings

• ✅ RBAC Analysis: Role-Based Access Control analysis
• ✅ Privilege Escalation Detection: Detects privilege escalation attempts
• ✅ Cross-System Privilege Analysis: Analyzes privileges across systems
• ✅ Administrative Model Evaluation: Evaluates administrative models
• ✅ Access Control Review: Reviews access control configurations

• ✅ Legacy System Identification: Identifies legacy systems and applications
• ✅ Isolation Verification: Verifies isolation of legacy systems
• ✅ Decommissioning Planning: Creates decommissioning plans
• ✅ Risk Assessment: Assesses risks associated with legacy systems
• ✅ Migration Planning: Plans migration from legacy systems

• ✅ Advanced Audit Policy Verification: Verifies Advanced Audit Policy configuration
• ✅ Compromise Indicators: Detects compromise indicators
• ✅ Lateral Movement Detection: Detects lateral movement attempts
• ✅ Persistence Detection: Detects persistence mechanisms
• ✅ Data Exfiltration Monitoring: Monitors data theft attempts

• ✅ Service Configuration Analysis: AD FS farm, properties, and SSL certificate analysis
• ✅ Authentication Configuration: Authentication providers, MFA, and lockout protection
• ✅ Authorization Configuration: Access control policies and device authentication
• ✅ RPT/CPT Configuration: Relying Party Trusts and Claims Provider Trusts analysis
• ✅ Sign-In Experience: Web themes, SSO settings, and user experience configuration

• ✅ High Criticality Events: Immediate investigation required events (9 event types)
• ✅ Medium Criticality Events: Conditional investigation events (100+ event types)
• ✅ Low Criticality Events: Baseline monitoring events (13 event types)
• ✅ Audit Policy Events: Audit policy change monitoring
• ✅ Compromise Indicator Events: Security compromise detection events

• ✅ Directory Service Access Events: Event ID 4662 monitoring
• ✅ Directory Service Changes Events: Event IDs 5136-5141 with old/new value tracking
• ✅ Directory Service Replication Events: Event IDs 4928-4939 monitoring
• ✅ SACL Analysis: System Access Control List configuration analysis
• ✅ Schema Auditing Configuration: Schema attribute auditing analysis

• ✅ LAPS Status Detection: Scans all computers for LAPS installation and configuration
• ✅ Password Age Analysis: Monitors password age and identifies stale passwords
• ✅ Expiration Detection: Identifies expired LAPS passwords requiring immediate action
• ✅ Compliance Scoring: Calculates overall LAPS compliance percentage and risk levels
• ✅ Password Reset Actions: Force LAPS password rotation with dry-run support
• ✅ Bulk Operations: Parallel processing for efficient bulk password resets
• ✅ Multiple Report Formats: HTML, CSV, JSON, XML, Markdown with professional dashboards

• ✅ Unified Execution: Single command execution across all modules
• ✅ Priority-Based Processing: Critical, High, Medium, Low priority processing
• ✅ Dry-Run Mode: Preview mode for safe testing
• ✅ Comprehensive Reporting: HTML reports, CSV exports, executive dashboards
• ✅ Email Notifications: Automated email alerts and reports

• PowerShell 5.1+ (Windows PowerShell or PowerShell Core)
• Active Directory Module (RSAT-AD-PowerShell)
• Domain Admin Rights (for comprehensive auditing)
• SQLite Database (for data storage)
• Network Connectivity (to domain controllers and servers)

Install-Module -Name AD-Audit -Force

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/adrian207/AD-Audit.git
cd AD-Audit

# Import the module
Import-Module .\AD-Audit.psd1

1. Download the latest release from GitHub Releases
2. Extract to your PowerShell modules directory
3. Import the module: Import-Module AD-Audit

# Execute all security modules
.\Invoke-MasterRemediation.ps1 -DatabasePath "C:\Audits\AuditData.db" -RemediationScope "All"

# Execute specific security modules
.\Invoke-MasterRemediation.ps1 -DatabasePath "C:\Audits\AuditData.db" -RemediationScope "CredentialTheft,DomainController,ADFS,EventMonitoring,ADDSAuditing" -Priority "Critical"

# Dry-run mode for testing
.\Invoke-MasterRemediation.ps1 -DatabasePath "C:\Audits\AuditData.db" -RemediationScope "All" -DryRun

# Core AD auditing
.\Invoke-AD-Audit.ps1 -DatabasePath "C:\Audits\AuditData.db" -IncludeAll

# Credential theft prevention
.\Invoke-CredentialTheftPrevention.ps1 -DatabasePath "C:\Audits\AuditData.db" -IncludeAll

# Domain controller security
.\Invoke-DomainControllerSecurity.ps1 -DatabasePath "C:\Audits\AuditData.db" -IncludeAll

# Least privilege assessment
.\Invoke-LeastPrivilegeAssessment.ps1 -DatabasePath "C:\Audits\AuditData.db" -IncludeAll

# Legacy system management
.\Invoke-LegacySystemManagement.ps1 -DatabasePath "C:\Audits\AuditData.db" -IncludeAll

# Advanced threat detection
.\Invoke-AdvancedThreatDetection.ps1 -DatabasePath "C:\Audits\AuditData.db" -IncludeAll

# AD FS security audit
.\Invoke-ADFSSecurityAudit.ps1 -DatabasePath "C:\Audits\AuditData.db" -IncludeAll

# Event monitoring
.\Invoke-EventMonitoring.ps1 -DatabasePath "C:\Audits\AuditData.db" -IncludeAll

# AD DS auditing
.\Invoke-ADDSAuditing.ps1 -DatabasePath "C:\Audits\AuditData.db" -IncludeAll

• ✅ Active Directory Security Best Practices: Complete implementation
• ✅ AD FS Operations: Complete AD FS security auditing
• ✅ Events to Monitor (Appendix L): Complete event monitoring
• ✅ AD DS Auditing Step-by-Step Guide: Complete AD DS auditing with value tracking

• ✅ NIST Cybersecurity Framework: Comprehensive coverage
• ✅ CIS Controls: Critical security controls implementation
• ✅ ISO 27001: Information security management compliance
• ✅ SOC 2: Security and availability controls

• Parallel Processing: Multi-threaded execution for large environments
• Efficient Database Operations: Optimized SQLite operations
• Memory Management: Optimized memory usage for large datasets
• Progress Tracking: Real-time progress indicators
• Error Recovery: Graceful error handling and recovery

# Create audit database
$DatabasePath = "C:\Audits\AuditData.db"
New-Item -Path (Split-Path $DatabasePath) -ItemType Directory -Force

# Configure output paths
$OutputPath = "C:\Audits\Reports"
$LogPath = "C:\Audits\Logs"

# Configure email notifications
$EmailConfig = @{
    SMTP Server = "smtp.company.com"
    Port = 587
    From = "[email protected]"
    To = "[email protected]"
    UseSSL = $true
}

• Installation Guide - Complete installation instructions
• User Guide - Comprehensive user documentation
• Quick Start Guide - Quick start instructions
• Remediation Guide - Remediation procedures
• Troubleshooting Guide - Common issues and solutions

• Credential Theft Prevention Guide ⭐ Enhanced with SID History Detection
• Domain Controller Security Guide
• Least Privilege Assessment Guide
• Legacy System Management Guide
• Advanced Threat Detection Guide
• AD FS Security Audit Guide
• Event Monitoring Guide
• AD DS Auditing Guide
• LAPS Audit Guide ⭐ NEW in v3.1.0
• AD Performance Tuning Guide

We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guidelines for details.

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/AD-Audit.git
cd AD-Audit

# Install dependencies
Install-Module -Name Pester -Force
Install-Module -Name PSScriptAnalyzer -Force

# Run tests
.\Tests\RunTests.ps1

Please report bugs using our Issue Template or create an issue on GitHub.

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

• Adrian Johnson [email protected] - Lead Developer

• Microsoft for providing comprehensive security guidance and best practices
• PowerShell community for excellent tools and resources
• Contributors and users for feedback and improvements

• GitHub Issues: Create an issue
• Email: [email protected]
• Documentation: Full Documentation

See CHANGELOG.md for version history and updates.

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