Beyond User Accounts: A Deep Dive into Service Account Security

Managing service accounts effectively is key to safeguarding your organization's systems and data. This insightful talk explores best practices around managing service accounts and highlights the risks and challenges involved if they are not handled correctly. The presenter offers a wealth of practical advice, covering everything from establishing an inventory of accounts to assigning responsibility for each one. The talk also underscores the importance of continuous monitoring, least privilege principles, and the ability to audit service account usage effectively. You will see a live demonstration of managing and securing service accounts with Zilla Security. The presenter shows how you can identify orphan, dormant, and new service accounts, assigns ownership, create policies, and even automate alerts based on your own custom policies. Whether you're an IT professional, a security specialist, or an interested stakeholder in your company's information security, this talk offers valuable insights and solutions to improve your service account security.