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Red Team visibility for the Identity Plane

Find real privilege escalation paths, modern AD misconfigurations, and hidden admin power fast, without heavy setup.

Role Snapshot

Responsibilities: Validate identity attack surface and demonstrate impact
Measured on: Time-to-path, realism, report quality
Reality: Permissions are nested and messy; identity data is fragmented
Common blocker: Too many possible paths, not enough time

Accelerate Identity Reconnaissance

The Challenge

Identity relationships are deeply nested and fragmented across tools, making it nearly impossible to manually find realistic privilege escalation paths under time pressure.

Our Solution

Forestall maps identities, assets, and relationships into an actionable graph, surfaces prioritized escalation paths and Shadow Admins, and produces evidence-ready outputs for clean reporting.

Pre-built attack path inventory

Shadow Admin enumeration

Tier 0 reachability analysis

Evidence-ready engagement packs

Chokepoint prioritization

Repeatable assessment baselines

How This Role Uses Forestall

Before Forestall

Manual enumeration and scattered tools
Too many false positives
Hard to prove impact quickly

With Forestall

Start from prioritized identity weaknesses and exposures
Trace shortest paths from low privilege to Tier 0
Identify Shadow Admins and high-value chokepoints
Export evidence, path steps, and recommended fixes

Outputs

Engagement-ready "Top paths" pack
Top misconfigurations list with exploitation context
Chokepoint list that blocks multiple attack chains
Executive-ready one-page impact summary

Role-Specific Use Cases

Detect modern AD vulnerabilities

Scenario: A red team operator needs to quickly identify exploitable weaknesses across AD protocols before an engagement deadline.

Problem: Critical AD security gaps hide across identity protocols and services.

What Forestall does:

Finds security gaps across identity protocols and services (Kerberos, NTLM, SMB, LDAP, RPC)
Highlights high-impact weaknesses including certificate services and trust misconfigurations

Output: Prioritized vulnerabilities list with evidence and mitigation notes

Detect modern AD vulnerabilities

Prioritized escalation and lateral movement paths

Scenario: An operator has initial access and needs to find the fastest realistic route to Tier 0 without manual enumeration.

Problem: Too many possible paths make it hard to find realistic high-impact routes.

What Forestall does:

Calculates shortest paths from low privilege identities to Tier 0
Surfaces path drivers (delegations, ACLs, misconfigs, trust edges)

Output: Top paths with step-by-step chain and chokepoints

Prioritized escalation and lateral movement paths

Atomic risk and exposure scoring per identity

Scenario: With thousands of identities in scope, the team needs to narrow down to the highest-value targets quickly.

Problem: Identifying high-value targets requires scoring across multiple risk dimensions.

What Forestall does:

Scores identities by privilege level, exploitability, and reachability
Flags Shadow Admin behavior patterns and high-impact accounts

Output: Target shortlist ranked by risk/exposure

Atomic risk and exposure scoring per identity

Chokepoints and blast radius storytelling

Scenario: After finding multiple attack paths, the operator needs to show leadership which fixes would block the most chains.

Problem: Communicating impact requires quantifying what a compromised identity can reach.

What Forestall does:

Identifies accounts and edges that unlock many attack chains
Quantifies what a compromised identity can reach

Output: "Fix these 3 chokepoints" remediation pack

Chokepoints and blast radius storytelling

Battle Tested Platform

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Latest resources

Practical guidance, product walkthroughs, and research on identity risk.

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CVE-2025-33073: A New Technique for Reflective NTLM Relay Attack

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Privilege Escalation by Abusing dMSA: The BadSuccessor Vulnerability

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Active DirectoryOct 08, 2024

Understanding ESC15: A New Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS)

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do you require Domain Admin privileges?

No. Forestall operates with minimal read-only privileges and does not require Domain Admin access.

Do you install on Domain Controllers?

No. Forestall is fully agentless and does not install anything on Domain Controllers or endpoints.

Do you support Entra ID?

Yes. Forestall provides hybrid visibility across both Active Directory and Entra ID environments.

Can we export findings for reports?

Yes. Findings can be exported in multiple formats for integration into engagement reports and executive summaries.

Is this real-time?

No. Forestall uses a periodic assessment model designed for thorough posture analysis rather than continuous monitoring.

How fast can we get value?

Forestall offers a 1-day proof of value in your own environment, delivering actionable findings immediately.

Ship higher-impact findings, faster

Turn identity complexity into prioritized paths and clear evidence.

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