Performing Service Account Audit

# 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 and weak authentication