Performing a Service Account Review to Reduce Cyber Risk

It could be that you regularly perform periodic reviews of your user access rights. But do you know who has access to your service accounts?

The value of periodic reviews of access rights is well established. Whether used to demonstrate compliance or identify risk, you know that doing them is crucial to your security policies.

But have you considered applying the same approach to your service accounts? They often fly under the radar, but they are equally as important.

With elevated privileges, these accounts are authorized to perform several sensitive operations within a company’s systems and applications. It is essential to know exactly who is accessing them, the context in which they are used and their potential vulnerabilities.