Removing Windows Authentication Credentials via Centralized Active Directory Account Invalidation

INVENTION REFERENCE NUMBER

201603843

  • IT, Electronic, and Communications
  • Security and Defense

The invention relates to network security and more specifically to Pass-the-Hash and Pass-the-Ticket credential theft attacks. Our invention is a way to centrally trigger the removal of all previously issued authentication credentials for a user on particular client computer, thus preventing their use by attackers and to immediately stopping the spread of an attacker through the network.


Inventors

Jeffrey A Nichols Computational Sciences & Engineering Division


Contact

To learn more about this technology, email [email protected] or call 865-574-1051.