The Launch of AD Defense

The conversation covers Duo at Cisco launching an Active Directory connector and “AD Defense,” addressing 30 years of AD technical debt, attribute mapping, and non-human identity discovery, leveraging existing Splunk log pipelines. They describe intercepting AD authentication to enforce Duo MFA, integrating BloodHound/SpecterOps for attack-path detections, and offering a Duo Advantage tier with beta access for Duo customers.   Topics 00:30 Israel Trip and Hummus Talk 01:13 Kickoff Jet Lag and Ski Plans 01:33 Boy Band Draft  15:00 Why Active Directory Persists 16:26 AD Technical Debt Explained 20:07 Startup vs Cisco Scale 21:19 Building the AD Connector 23:31 AD Defense and AI Agents 25:48 MFA Controls and BloodHound 26:40 Pricing Beta and Portfolio Impact