Reader small image

You're reading from  Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition - Third Edition

Product typeBook
Published inNov 2021
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781801070393
Edition3rd Edition
Concepts
Right arrow
Author (1)
Dishan Francis
Dishan Francis
author image
Dishan Francis

Dishan Francis is an IT professional with over 15 years of experience. He was a six-time Microsoft MVP in enterprise mobility before he joined Microsoft UK as a security consultant. He has maintained the RebelAdmin technology blog over the years, with lots of useful articles that focus on on-premises Active Directory services and Azure Active Directory. He has also written for other Microsoft-managed blogs such as canitpro and ITopsTalk. When it comes to managing innovative identity infrastructure solutions to improve system stability, efficiency, and security, his level of knowledge and experience places him among the very best in the field.
Read more about Dishan Francis

Right arrow

AD CS disaster recovery

Like any other computer system, CA also may face disasters due to operating system issues, hardware failures, and so on. Depending on the CA's role in the infrastructure, we can plan how to recover from such failure. There are certain things we need to consider when developing a disaster recovery plan for the CA.

  • Role of the CA: The importance of the CA in infrastructure has a major impact on the disaster recovery plan. If an organization is using certificates for day-to-day activities such as computer authentication and Wi-Fi connection, this means the CA's availability is crucial for carrying on operations.

    On the other hand, if the CA is only used to issue certificates for a few internal applications or systems that are renewed every few years, CA availability is not as crucial as in the first scenario.

    In the event of a disaster, even a redeployment of the CA may not have a huge impact. As we can see, the role of the CA will...

lock icon
The rest of the page is locked
Previous PageNext Page
You have been reading a chapter from
Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition - Third Edition
Published in: Nov 2021Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781801070393

Author (1)

author image
Dishan Francis

Dishan Francis is an IT professional with over 15 years of experience. He was a six-time Microsoft MVP in enterprise mobility before he joined Microsoft UK as a security consultant. He has maintained the RebelAdmin technology blog over the years, with lots of useful articles that focus on on-premises Active Directory services and Azure Active Directory. He has also written for other Microsoft-managed blogs such as canitpro and ITopsTalk. When it comes to managing innovative identity infrastructure solutions to improve system stability, efficiency, and security, his level of knowledge and experience places him among the very best in the field.
Read more about Dishan Francis