Active Directory Attack Path in Action w/ Alyssa & Kaitlyn
Source: YouTube · Black Hills Information Security · published Jan 16, 2026 · 1:15:24
This webcast introduces an Active Directory attack path demonstration presented by the Black Hills Information Security continuous pentesting team 0:07.
Key Takeaways:
• The presentation is led by Caitlyn and Alyssa, who spend their days actively attacking organizations as part of the continuous pentesting team (CPT) 0:33.
• The session focuses on practical Active Directory attack paths and was developed to share insights with the community, potentially serving as supplemental material for training classes 0:22.
• The speakers are highly regarded for their offensive skills, often discovering unique vulnerabilities during their assessments, which the team refers to as "side quests" 0:43.
This introduction sets the stage for a technical deep dive into real-world Active Directory exploitation techniques by experienced offensive security professionals.
Sources:
- 0:07 Introduction of the Active Directory attack path topic.
- 0:22 Explanation of how webcast topics are chosen for community sharing and class material.
- 0:33 Background on the speakers' roles in the continuous pentesting team.
- 0:43 Mention of the testers' "side quest" methodology for finding unique vulnerabilities.
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Hello everybody. Welcome to today's Black Hills information security webcast. My name is Jason Blanchard and I'm here with Caitlyn and Alyssa and they're going to talk today about active directory act damn it attack path in action. Uh so if you don't know how these webcasts uh come about is we reach out to all of our testers all the people who work in the CPT the sock all of our technical team and we say what would you like to share with the community? And a lot of times they take like, hey, we we're thinking about adding this to the class. We want to have or have additional material or something like that. So Caitlyn and Alyssa work together in our continuous pentesting team. They think about how to attack organizations all day every day and they are fantastic at it. I hear they talk abou…