Performing Service Account Audit

Overview

Audit service accounts across enterprise infrastructure to identify orphaned, over-privileged, and non-compliant accounts. This skill covers discovery of service accounts in Active Directory, cloud platforms, databases, and applications, assessing privilege levels, identifying missing owners, and enforcing lifecycle policies.

When to Use

• When conducting security assessments that involve performing service account audit
• When following incident response procedures for related security events
• When performing scheduled security testing or auditing activities
• When validating security controls through hands-on testing

Prerequisites

• Familiarity with identity access management concepts and tools
• Access to a test or lab environment for safe execution
• Python 3.8+ with required dependencies installed
• Appropriate authorization for any testing activities

Objectives

• Discover all service accounts across AD, cloud, databases, and applications
• Identify orphaned accounts with no valid owner or associated application
• Assess privilege levels and flag over-privileged service accounts
• Check for non-rotating passwords …