Zero-Trust Approach to Active Directory: Case Studies
RCCE students will learn identity governance, authentication protocols, authorization models, privilege escalation prevention, and access lifecycle management. RCCE students will learn to design and enforce identity controls that prevent unauthorized access, stop account takeover attacks, eliminate privilege abuse, and implement zero-trust identity verification across enterprise environments. This zero-trust course applies modern security principles including least privilege, continuous verification, and explicit trust evaluation. Starting from foundational concepts, RCCE students will learn to implement zero-trust architectures that assume breach and verify every access request regardless of network location. Students build practical zero-trust implementations that align with organizational security modernization goals.
- Security Engineers building defensive controls
- Security Analysts and Blue Team members
- Systems Administrators with security responsibilities
- GRC and Risk Professionals supporting controls
- Professionals implementing Zero-Trust Approach to Active Directory: Case Studies
- Apply zero-trust principles to privilege decisions and elevation
- Execute hands-on tasks for active directory: case studies
- Execute hands-on tasks for learning objectives
- Execute hands-on tasks for never trust, always verify
- Implement least-privilege enforcement across endpoints and roles
- Execute hands-on tasks for assume breach
- Explain Active Directory Architecture Overview fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for domain controllers
- Execute hands-on tasks for organizational units
- Execute hands-on tasks for group policy objects
| Module 01 | Zero-Trust Approach to |
| Module 02 | Active Directory: Case Studies |
| Module 03 | Learning Objectives |
| Module 04 | What Is Zero Trust? |
| Module 05 | Never Trust, Always Verify |
| Module 06 | Least Privilege Access |
| Module 07 | Assume Breach |
| Module 08 | Zero Trust Core Tenets (NIST SP 800-207) |
| Module 09 | Active Directory Architecture Overview |
| Module 10 | Domain Controllers |
| Module 11 | Organizational Units |
| Module 12 | Group Policy Objects |
| Module 13 | Trust Relationships |
| Module 14 | Kerberos Authentication Flow |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice zero-trust approach to active directory: case studies by implementing the controls discussed in class, with a focus on real-world deployment, monitoring, and validation.
- Lab 1: Apply zero-trust principles to privilege decisions and elevation
- Lab 2: Execute hands-on tasks for active directory: case studies
- Lab 3: Execute hands-on tasks for learning objectives
- Lab 4: Apply zero-trust principles to privilege decisions and elevation
- Lab 5: Execute hands-on tasks for never trust, always verify
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for Zero-Trust Approach to Active Directory: Case Studies, 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