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D3-CH

Credential Hardening

Harden Tactic

Strengthen credential security through password policies, MFA, and credential storage best practices.

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Implementation Guidance

  • Enforce strong password policies
  • Implement multi-factor authentication
  • Use privileged access management
  • Deploy credential vaulting solutions
  • Monitor for credential exposure

Tools & Technologies

CyberArkHashiCorp VaultMicrosoft AuthenticatorDuo Security1Password Enterprise

ATT&CK Techniques Countered

This defensive technique helps protect against the following adversary techniques:

T1110

Brute Force

T1003

OS Credential Dumping

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Related Techniques in Harden

D3-ACL

Access Control List Hardening

D3-ASH

Application Security Hardening

D3-OSH

Operating System Hardening

D3-PM

Patch Management

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