Hypothetically here is one way it might have played out Product - we need to provide service availability even if the AD is down Engineer - Ok, may be we can

Hypothetically here is one way it might have played out Product - we need to provide service availability even if the AD is down Engineer - Ok, may be we can store the ~credentials in cache Security - oh, in that case make sure everything in cache is hashed properly with the recommended Bcrypt algorithm Engineer - We got the approval from the security, we are in much safer zone, lets deliver and get a win