About this episode
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
