Audit Active Directory Privileged Access and Attack Surface with PowerShell
Audit privileged groups, find Kerberoastable accounts, review BitLocker recovery keys, and clean up stale computer objects with one repeatable AD security workflow.
Active Directory is still the backbone of most enterprise identity, and it is still the most common target for lateral movement and privilege escalation. The riskiest findings are rarely exotic — they are over-populated privileged groups, Kerberoastable service accounts, and forgotten objects.
These issues build up quietly. Someone gets added to Domain Admins 'temporarily', a service account is created with a weak password and an SPN, a laptop is decommissioned but its computer object lingers.
A repeatable PowerShell workflow turns attack-surface review into a routine you can run and prove. PSForge helps you assemble it from ready-made Active Directory tasks.
The quiet growth of AD risk
Privileged group membership tends to grow and never shrink. Without a regular review, Domain Admins, Enterprise Admins, and other Tier 0 groups accumulate members who no longer need that access.
Service accounts with SPNs and weak passwords are prime Kerberoasting targets, and stale computer objects expand the attack surface while skewing your inventory. None of these are visible without an explicit audit.
What an attack-surface review looks like
A good review audits privileged group membership and questions every account that has elevated rights. It finds Kerberoastable SPNs so you can rotate or strengthen those service-account passwords.
It also reviews BitLocker recovery key escrow so you know recovery is actually possible, and cleans up stale computer objects to shrink the footprint and keep inventory accurate.
Review before you remove Treat privileged-group and stale-object findings as a review list first. Confirm ownership and impact before removing membership or deleting objects, especially for Tier 0 groups.
How PSForge helps
PSForge provides the Active Directory security building blocks — privileged group audits, Kerberoast detection, BitLocker key review, and stale object cleanup — so you can assemble a single recurring review.
Generate the PowerShell, schedule the read-only audits, and keep the cleanup steps gated behind your own approval.
- Smaller, justified privileged-group membership
- Fewer Kerberoastable service accounts
- Verified BitLocker recovery readiness
- Accurate inventory and reduced attack surface
Example attack-surface audit workflow
- Audit privileged group membership
- Audit Kerberoastable SPNs
- Review BitLocker recovery key escrow
- Identify stale computer objects
- Produce a remediation review list
Example remediation
- Confirm and remove unneeded privileged group members
- Rotate or harden Kerberoastable service-account passwords
- Clean up stale computer objects after verification
Final thoughts
Attack-surface reduction in Active Directory is mostly about consistent, repeatable review — exactly the kind of work that should be a standardized workflow rather than a one-off project.
Build it once in PSForge and run the same review across every domain you manage.