Broad adoption of encryption technologies is causing major shifts in the security operations and cyber threat landscape. This has led to changes in attacker techniques, creating fertile ground for the evolution of a new breed of sophisticated attacks.

In an effort to ensure that data within their environment remains secure and confidential, more and more organizations are enabling encryption across their network and application protocol portfolios. This is especially true in Active Directory environments where Microsoft has begun simplifying the process due to the many protocols handling credentials and sensitive data. The shift in organizational security posture is long overdue, and almost certain to pay dividends in organizations savvy enough to complete the transition