INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
How Pentest Copilot Finds Hybrid Cloud and Active Directory Attack Paths
Cloud and Active Directory are often assessed as separate environments. An attacker does not respect that boundary. A managed identity can read a domain secret. A cloud VM can reach a domain controller over a private network. An Active Directory certificate or federation key can create a stronger identity. A database link can cross from one network and identity authority into another.
The hard problem is not listing each technology. It is proving that one authority actually becomes the next. A reachable domain controller does not prove domain compromise, a readable vault does not prove its secret works, and a trust relationship does not prove the current user can reach a service across it.
Pentest Copilot follows those transitions end to end. It identifies the starting authority, validates the bridge into the next identity system, confirms which host or service accepts the new authority, and records the resulting access without exposing authentication material or ticket material.
by Kathan Desai
August 21, 2026
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