Active Directory Analyzer
Finally clean up your Active Directory!
Does this sound familiar?
- You’ve lost track of your permission structure in Active Directory.
- The group structure in your Active Directory has become unmanageable.
- The ways in which employees receive permissions are too numerous, nested, and barely traceable.
Active Directory – The Challenges
In many companies, the Active Directory has grown organically over time, meaning that permissions have been granted, changed, inherited, and rarely reviewed consistently over the years. The result is:
- non-transparent permission structures that are no longer manageable
- serious security risks hidden within permission assignments
- compliance with regulatory requirements can no longer be ensured
- an insufficient data foundation for IAM and IGA projects
From a business perspective, there are plenty of good reasons to finally clean up the historically grown Active Directory in a structured way. But why do so many companies keep postponing this issue?
IT and IAM professionals explain it like this:
- they lack suitable tools to analyze permissions in an understandable way
- Excel evaluations are extremely time-consuming and error-prone
- available resources are barely sufficient for day-to-day operations, let alone for in-depth analysis
These concerns are understandable and explain why many cleanup projects are often delayed indefinitely. This is exactly where a pragmatic approach with the right tools is needed.
The Solution - Active Directory Analyzer
Imagine being able to clean up your Active Directory once and for all — and finally regain full visibility over your permissions. That’s exactly what you can achieve with the Active Directory Analyzer.
The Active Directory Analyzer
- visualizes the permission distribution in your Active Directory
- shows you the inheritance paths of users and permissions
- compares permission assignments between users
- identifies orphaned or incorrectly inherited permissions
- also analyzes Azure AD / Entra ID
- also examines access rights in the file system (NTFS)
Another key benefit: using the Active Directory Analyzer significantly reduces the resource effort required for cleanup projects — because the biggest part of the work is not in the cleanup itself, but in establishing transparency beforehand.
What are the benefits of a clean and structured Active Directory?
More Transparency
- Clear overview of who has which permissions
- Traceability of why access exists
- Fewer “grown” special rights and exceptions
Improved Security
- Reduction of excessive permissions (Least Privilege)
- Faster detection of orphaned accounts and permissions
- Lower risk from insider threats or compromised accounts
Better Audit and Compliance Capability
- Clear, well-documented permission structures
- Faster and less stressful audits
- Fewer manual corrections before inspections
Faster IAM / IGA Projects
- Clean data as a solid foundation for migrations
- Fewer correction loops during projects
- Lower project risk and shorter timelines
Efficient Role Mining
- Roles based on real, consistent data
- Fewer special roles and exceptions
- More sustainable business and IT role models
Cost and Time Savings
- Less manual maintenance effort
- Reduced support for permission-related issues
- Faster error analysis for access questions
Get in touch with us now, free of charge and with no obligation!
- Take a look at the Active Directory Analyzer together with your team.
- Learn how you can quickly and easily clean up your own Active Directory.