Identity & Access Management
Service Account Governance
Service accounts are powerful, persistent and often forgotten. Governance brings them into view and under control.
Overview
What is Service Account Governance?
Service account governance discovers accounts used by applications, scripts and integrations, assigns accountable owners, documents purpose, restricts interactive login, vaults and rotates credentials and includes the accounts in regular review.
Why it matters
When organizations need it
These are common signs that an organization would benefit from Service Account Governance.
Signs you need it
- Service accounts with domain-admin or broad rights
- Passwords that never change
- No record of which application uses which account
- Accounts left behind after decommissioning
Capabilities
Key capabilities
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Discovery
Identification across directories, databases and cloud.
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Ownership & purpose
Assigned owners and documented justification.
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Credential control
Vaulting, rotation and restricted usage.
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Review & decommissioning
Periodic certification and safe retirement.
Scope
What you receive
- Service account inventory
- Ownership register
- Credential rotation plan
- Review procedure
Our approach
How CoreIAM helps
We handle service accounts carefully — mapping dependencies before rotation so production systems are not disrupted.
Engagement
Engagement approach
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Discover
Stakeholder interviews, application and identity inventory, control review.
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Define
Target state, policies, role model and success measures.
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Deliver
Iterative implementation, integration and application onboarding waves.
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Operate
Ongoing administration, reviews, tuning and support.
Related
Related services
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Identity & Access Management
Secure identities, access and privileges across the workforce, customers, partners and machines.
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IAM Strategy & Consulting
Define where your identity programme is going, why, and in what order — with a roadmap leadership can fund.
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Identity Governance & Administration (IGA)
Automate who gets access, prove who has it, and remove it on time — with evidence auditors accept.
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Privileged Access Management (PAM)
Vault, control and monitor the accounts that can do the most damage.
Discuss Service Account Governance with our specialists
Tell us about your environment and objectives, and we will recommend the right scope and approach.