Windows Active Directory Domains

[joeb1kenobe () gmail com]

I have a scenario where I am trying to evaluate the security benefits of an Active Directory domain structure.

We will call the company XYX Inc. They have an AD Forest/Domain for general users. They also have a separate AD 
Forest/Domain for their HR Users that is behind a firewall. 

The claim is that the separate forests with a one way trust provides the necessary security to protect the HR 
Information.  

My thinking is that having the users/servers in the same forest would provide additional benefit of ease of use for the 
technical team. Using the already existing firewall, separate the servers behind the firewall for the needed protection 
of HR files.

Before I make a recommendation of one way or the other, I wanted to elicit the ideas of others who may have seen 
similar situations. 

Thanks

Joe Brown

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