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YALE-MSS-9.11: Use administrative and service accounts for their IT function only

Standards Group:
YALE-MSS-9: Authentication and Authorization

YALE-MSS-9.11: Use administrative and service accounts for their IT function only

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Details

This standard applies to administrative accounts and service accounts.

Administrative accounts - a username and password that grants an individual privileged access to the IT System. Privileged access is access to make changes to the overall IT System.

Service accounts - special user accounts that an application, service or system uses to interact with the operating system. These types of accounts are typically used for automation.