> What Are Service Accounts and Why Are They a Security Risk?

6 min read79 percent of cyberattacks now rely purely on identity compromise, using legitimate credentials to move laterally, escalate privileges and exfiltrate data while appearing authorized at every step. Service accounts represent the automated backbone of modern infrastructure, operating continuously across cloud platforms, databases, APIs and container orchestrators as non-human identities.  Their ubiquity makes them indispensable, but […] The post What Are Service Accounts and Why Are They a Security Risk? appeared first on Aembit. The post What Are Service Accounts and Why Are They a Security Risk? appeared first on Security Boulevard.