The ability to collect the AD information for a specific AD environment requires the Shield installation of a Shield Service to collect the users, groups, and computers objects and associated attributes. Shield has a standalone PowerShell script within the Deployment (Identity-Security) page that users can access.
To deploy the Shield Active Directory (AD) service, navigate to the Deployment (Identity-Security) page and the Shield platform has a pre-generated deployment PowerShell script that can be executed on a single domain-joined Windows server or workstation.
Once at the Deployment page, to generate the deployment PowerShell script, enter a Location, and the script will be displayed in the text box.
If there are errors when launching the PowerShell script, users can troubleshoot further by downloading the Shield Cyber MSI to the domain-joined Windows host, and perform the following commands one-by-one or together creating a PowerShell (.ps1) file and executing them together.
If there are additional issues, please send the errors received from these commands to support@shieldcyber.io.
Alternatively, all Shield services can be installed by downloading the Shield Microsoft Installer (MSI) and launched directly on the
Download the guided Shield MSI here and run as Administrator on a Windows host within the desired internal network. Once the MSI is downloaded and executed, you will be prompted to begin the installation:
Click next to decide where to install the files for the services:
On the next screen, you will need to select the services to install. The following services are available:
Select next to install all dependencies and proceed to the service configuration for the choices that were selected.
Insert the following in the Active Directory service configuration:
Click next to proceed to input the credentials that the Active Directory service will run under the context of:
The credentials will need to be entered in the following format:
Click next to proceed to install all the Shield AD service and finalize the installation:
To verify that the Active Directory service installed correctly, you can open the services pane (Windows Key + run.exe
and enter services.msc
), and the Shield Cyber AD Agent should be running:
Once the service is installed, the AD objects and risks associated with the objects should start to populate within the Identity Security module within the Shield platform.
The ability to collect the AD information for a specific AD environment requires the Shield installation of a Shield Service to collect the users, groups, and computers objects and associated attributes. Shield has a standalone PowerShell script within the Deployment (Identity-Security) page that users can access.
To deploy the Shield Active Directory (AD) service, navigate to the Deployment (Identity-Security) page and the Shield platform has a pre-generated deployment PowerShell script that can be executed on a single domain-joined Windows server or workstation.
Once at the Deployment page, to generate the deployment PowerShell script, enter a Location, and the script will be displayed in the text box.
If there are errors when launching the PowerShell script, users can troubleshoot further by downloading the Shield Cyber MSI to the domain-joined Windows host, and perform the following commands one-by-one or together creating a PowerShell (.ps1) file and executing them together.
If there are additional issues, please send the errors received from these commands to support@shieldcyber.io.
Alternatively, all Shield services can be installed by downloading the Shield Microsoft Installer (MSI) and launched directly on the
Download the guided Shield MSI here and run as Administrator on a Windows host within the desired internal network. Once the MSI is downloaded and executed, you will be prompted to begin the installation:
Click next to decide where to install the files for the services:
On the next screen, you will need to select the services to install. The following services are available:
Select next to install all dependencies and proceed to the service configuration for the choices that were selected.
Insert the following in the Active Directory service configuration:
Click next to proceed to input the credentials that the Active Directory service will run under the context of:
The credentials will need to be entered in the following format:
Click next to proceed to install all the Shield AD service and finalize the installation:
To verify that the Active Directory service installed correctly, you can open the services pane (Windows Key + run.exe
and enter services.msc
), and the Shield Cyber AD Agent should be running:
Once the service is installed, the AD objects and risks associated with the objects should start to populate within the Identity Security module within the Shield platform.