The 2026 Guide to NTLM Hash Security and Kerberos Migration
An NTLM hash is the mathematical version of a password that Windows uses for legacy authentication. For years, the security industry has known that older versions of this system were broken. Now, the 2025 and 2026 security baselines target the death of the entire NTLM stack, including NTLMv2. Microsoft is pushing companies to use Kerberos …
