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  • 1. ADCS abuse goes unseen

    ADCS gives attackers a fast path to privilege escalation, yet most tools still do not catch certificate abuse through deception. Security teams are left trying to separate legitimate certificate activity from malicious abuse, which creates noise and leaves a dangerous gap around ESC-style attack paths. 

  • 2. AD attacks do not stop at one path

    Once attackers get inside Active Directory, they can move across multiple attack paths to steal credentials, escalate privileges, and expand control. Many products catch part of that movement, but not enough to stop the internal pivot before it becomes domain-wide “Game Over” compromise. 

  • 3. Noise Slows Response

    Traditional tools flood teams with alerts that still need investigation before anyone knows what is real. That slows response, buries real attacks in noise, and gives attackers more time to move deeper into the environment. 

  • 4. Deployment is too heavy

    Focused identity deception is too often buried inside larger platforms, heavier rollouts, or added infrastructure. Teams need a faster, lighter approach to deploy protection inside Active Directory without buying into more platform baggage. 

  • 5. Prideful Pricing

    Many vendors are too proud of their products… look at their pricing! But they are unaffordable to the masses, and still bypass the single attack areas that hackers love to exploit. 

So, how do you get focused identity deception, deep AD attack coverage, fast deterministic alerts, and simple deployment without buying a bloated platform or settling for partial protection? Perhaps you should consider… 

Claymore Labs

Claymore is a purpose-built identity deception platform designed to catch modern identity attacks with clean, deterministic detections, fast deployment, and focused coverage where attackers actually move inside AD environments.

  • Professional Hackers
    • One of nation’s top professional penetration testing “red” teams
    • Know how to attack a network – ADCS is their #1 target
    • Sidestep security “fluff” – have over 90% success
    • Built the Claymore system to STOP HACKERS DEAD
  • Leadership
    • Sr. VP at Motorola, and VP at GE Security
    • Team has worked with Microsoft, IBM, Apple, Sony, Adobe, Intel, HP, 3M, Citrix, VMWare, Fort Knox, Louvre
    • Hundreds of engagements, small to Fortune 500
  • Certifications: OSCP, CRTO, CASP+, ARTE
  • Concentrates on Active Directory
    • #1 target for attackers trying to hijack a network

Best Solution 

There are five main reasons to consider Claymore 

  1. The ONLY Purpose-built identity deception for ADCS Honeypots 
  1.  Deeper Active Directory attack coverage 
  1. Sub-2-Second Detection- kills false positives 
  1.  Simple, FAST Lightweight Deployment 
  1. Price Performance Leader 
1. The ONLY Purpose-Built Identity Deception for ADCS Honeypots (AD Attack) 2. Deeper Active Directory Attack Coverage 3. Sub-2-Second Detection- kills false positives 4. Simple, FAST, Lightweight Deployment 5. Price Performance Leader
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No commercial product—and only one early-stage open-source tool covering ESC1 alone—offers deceptive certificate templates as a detection mechanism. Claymore is the first and only product to successfully deploy ADCS honeypot templates covering ESC1 (SAN abuse), ESC3 (Enrollment Agent abuse), and ESC6 (EDITF flag abuse). It addresses the single, most critical AD weakness that over 90% of attackers love to exploit. Features include… 

  • ADCS ESC1 Honeypot. Catch attackers probing the most common ADCS escalation path before certificate abuse turns into dangerous privileged access. 
  • ADCS ESC3 Honeypot. Expose enrollment agent abuse through deceptive templates built to catch a specialized privilege-escalation path. 
  • ADCS ESC6 Honeypot. Trap attackers exploiting CA-level misconfigurations through deceptive templates tied to EDITF_ATTRIBUTESUBJECTALTNAME2 abuse. 
  • Safe-by-Design Architecture. Delivers realistic-looking certificate templates that cannot issue real certificates. Zero risk of the honeypot itself becoming an attack vector–keeping the deception effective without introducing new risk. 

Claymore provides broader and deeper AD attack coverage, helping security teams catch the dangerous techniques that turn a routine breach into domain-wide control… a “game over” event. Claymore uses honeypot objects that have no legitimate business use, so any interaction is a trigger – confirmed hostile. 

  • DCSync Detection. Tripwire objects that alert on unauthorized directory replication requests. Helps expose attempts to pull password hashes from the domain controller. 
  • Kerberoast Detection. Decoy SPN service accounts that catch attackers requesting Kerberos tickets for offline cracking. Exposing credential theft early. 
  • AS-REP Detection. Decoy accounts with Kerberos pre-authentication disabled. Helps catch attackers harvesting AS-REP hashes for offline cracking. 
  • Pre-Windows 2000 (Pre2k) Detection. Legacy-style decoys that catch abuse of an older AD weakness. Helps surface an attack path that is often overlooked. 

Security teams are tired of noisy alerts and slow investigations. Claymore’s honeypots deliver 100% true positive detection, so when an attacker touches a fake certificate template, it is a guaranteed indicator of compromise with no false alerts. That means hyper-fast response with less guesswork. 

  • Deterministic Detection. Fires when an attacker interacts with a deception object that has no legitimate use. Replaces guesswork with a high-confidence signal tied to real attacker behavior. 
  • Near-zero False Positives. Uses deception artifacts with no legitimate business use, so accidental alerts are rare by design. Helps analysts trust the signal and respond faster. 
  • Near Real-Time Alerting – Sub 2 Seconds. Delivers sub-2-second alert speed after a tripwire is touched. Helps teams respond while the attacker is still moving, not after the damage spreads. 
  • Actor Attribution. Every alert shows the exact account, timestamp, and source context, giving analysts an immediate place to start without extra correlation. 
  • Optional Automated Containment. Alert-only or auto-disable response modes, with temporary or manual re-enable options. Helps stop attacker movement fast with guardrails, audit logs, and break-glass control. 
  • Webhook-First Integration. Fires events to any SIEM, ticketing, paging, or email/SMS system. Your SOC stays in your tools. Claymore focuses on the signal; you choose the workflow. 

Claymore delivers focused identity protection without the drag of added hardware, long rollouts, or broader platform complexity. Lightweight deployment on servers rather than every workstation keeps setup fast and operational overhead low. 

 

  • Standalone Product. Works on its own, so value does not depend on buying into a larger platform. Helps simplify evaluation and adoption. 
  • SaaS Deployment.  Delivered as a cloud-based service, so there is no heavy infrastructure to stand up or maintain. 
  • Blistering Fast Setup Time. First honeypot deployment is typically under 15 minutes, with lightweight agents installed on domain controllers and certificate authorities. Gets live protection quickly instead of dragging into a long implementation. 
  • Lightweight Footprint. Uses lightweight agents, requires no hardware, and keeps CPU overhead at 0.01% or less. Helps minimize operational friction.  

Enterprise deception products range from $10,000 per year for stand-alone, to $50,000 – $200,000 annually when you are locked into platform bundles requiring the entire stack (without strong Active Directory deception!). Claymore delivers deeper Active Directory deception than any of these products–at a fraction of the cost. 

  • Tiered Packaging. Flexible tiers matched to different coverage needs. Helps avoid overpaying for capabilities that are not needed. 
  • Near-Zero Operational Overhead. Set it and forget it deployment with minimal ongoing tuning. Unlike SIEM rules that require continuous refinement, honeypots don’t need updating because they don’t rely on behavioral baselines. 
  • Minimal Infrastructure Cost. Lightweight SaaS delivery with low operating overhead.Helps keep costs down as usage grows. 
  • Minimal price–maximum security. If you use ADCS, it is often the weakest point in the system (ask our hackers) that provides the most control (permissions)–capture that flag…Game Over! Securing ADCS can have the most impact… for the lowest price.  
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