Netwrix Acquires PingCastle to Empower Customers with Better Protection of Active Directory and Entra ID

Netwrix, a vendor that delivers effective and accessible cybersecurity to any organization, today announced the acquisition of PingCastle. Its self-titled product identifies both known and unknown Active Directory (AD) domains, detects underlying security vulnerabilities, and helps prioritize the remediation of security risks with detailed action plans for the IT and security teams. PingCastle was developed by a well-renowned Active Directory (AD) expert and experienced threat response practitioner, Vincent Le Toux, and is used by tens of thousands of enterprise and mid-market organizations globally.

Netwrix customers will benefit from enhancing the security of their AD environment both on premises and in the cloud through the AD discovery and assessment conducted by PingCastle. It identifies what needs to be protected and empowers security teams to manage and track the remediation of all spotted issues and risks.

At the same time, PingCastle customers will be able to elevate their Active Directory security with Netwrix’s end-to-end solution for AD. It extends the PingCastle product with additional capabilities for continuous 24/7 AD monitoring, change tracking, real-time identity threat detection and response as well as object-level and full forest AD recovery. Netwrix’s extensive offering will help PingCastle customers prioritize their security efforts even further to protect what really matters, detect and respond to threats, as well as recover from security incidents, minimizing downtime and business impact.

Attackers can exploit vulnerabilities, elevate privileges, and compromise systems and applications through Active Directory and Entra ID. That’s why securing these parts of the IT infrastructure is a must to protect an organization from cyber threats. Together with PingCastle, we will continue to help our customers mitigate the risk and impact of data breaches that can lead to devastating consequences, such as data exfiltration, system takeovers, ransomware attacks, and productivity disruption.
Steve Dickson, CEO of Netwrix

I am thrilled to team up with Netwrix to address the need for exhaustive cybersecurity solutions that can reduce the burden of managing and mitigating cyber risks. This is an exciting new chapter for both companies, which have the same goal: to ensure their customers are more secure tomorrow than they are today.
Vincent Le Toux, Founder of PingCastle

Visit the website to learn more about PingCastle’s free version and the benefits of other versions available for a fee.

About Vincent Le Toux
Vincent Le Toux, the founder of PingCastle, is a well-renowned Active Directory expert and experienced threat response practitioner. He contributed to many open-source tools, such as Mimikatz, OpenPGP, OpenSC, and the GIDS applet. Vincent is also a seasoned speaker and has presented at numerous security conferences, including BlackHat, FIRST, and BlueHat.