Adversary profiling Tuning and Optimization
RCCE students will learn Active Directory security including AD architecture, authentication protocols (Kerberos, NTLM), group policy security, trust relationships, privilege escalation paths, and AD attack detection. RCCE students will learn to assess Active Directory environments for security weaknesses, identify misconfigured permissions, detect Kerberoasting, AS-REP roasting, DCSync, Golden Ticket, and Silver Ticket attacks, implement tiered administration models, configure AD security monitoring with Windows event logs, harden group policy configurations, clean up stale accounts and excessive permissions, and respond to AD compromise with containment and recovery procedures. This optimization course focuses on maximizing effectiveness and efficiency in production security operations. At an expert level, RCCE students will learn to reduce noise, improve signal quality, tune configurations for optimal performance, and measure operational improvements. Students gain the operational maturity to transform good security programs into exceptional ones.
- Security Engineers building defensive controls
- Security Analysts and Blue Team members
- Systems Administrators with security responsibilities
- GRC and Risk Professionals supporting controls
- Professionals implementing Adversary profiling Tuning and Optimization
- Execute hands-on tasks for adversary profiling
- Execute hands-on tasks for adversary profiling mastery — covering adversary TTPs to AD environments, AD environments for weaknesses.
- Design a scalable privilege management architecture with policy and enforcement, including adversary TTPs to AD environments, and AD environments for weaknesses.
- Execute hands-on tasks for operational excellence — covering AD security monitoring.
- Explain Active Directory Architecture Overview fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for domain tree
- Execute hands-on tasks for logical structure
- Execute hands-on tasks for physical structure — covering Forests as security boundaries, Domain controllers and FSMO roles.
- Execute hands-on tasks for ad components deep dive — covering Central identity store, AD-integrated DNS zones.
- Execute hands-on tasks for sysvol share — covering Central identity store.
- Integrate privilege controls with identity providers and SIEM telemetry, including AD-integrated DNS zones.
- Execute hands-on tasks for certificate services — covering AD CS for PKI integration.
| Module 01 | Adversary Profiling |
| Module 02 | Adversary Profiling Mastery |
| Module 03 | AD Security Architecture |
| Module 04 | Operational Excellence |
| Module 05 | Active Directory Architecture Overview |
| Module 06 | Domain Tree |
| Module 07 | Logical Structure |
| Module 08 | Physical Structure |
| Module 09 | AD Components Deep Dive |
| Module 10 | SYSVOL Share |
| Module 11 | DNS Integration |
| Module 12 | Certificate Services |
| Module 13 | Kerberos Authentication Protocol |
| Module 14 | (Service Ticket) |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice adversary profiling tuning and optimization by implementing the controls discussed in class, with a focus on real-world deployment, monitoring, and validation.
- Lab 1: Execute hands-on tasks for adversary profiling
- Lab 2: Execute hands-on tasks for adversary profiling mastery
- Lab 3: Design a scalable privilege management architecture with policy and enforcement
- Lab 4: Execute hands-on tasks for operational excellence
- Lab 5: Explain Active Directory Architecture Overview fundamentals
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for Adversary profiling Tuning and Optimization, verifiable through the Rocheston certification portal.
- Full access to all course materials and slide decks
- Hands-on lab access on Rocheston Rose X OS environment
- Access to Rocheston CyberNotes
- Access to Rocheston Zelfire — EDR/XDR SIEM platform
- Access to Rocheston Raven — online cyber range exercise platform
- Access to Rocheston Vulnerability Vines AI