
Overcoming the Security Blind Spot of Service Accounts
1
See all authentications
AD forwards every incoming account access attempt to the Unified Identity Protection platform.
2
Learn account behavior
Within a defined learning period the platform classifies the accounts that feature a repetitive and predictable behavior and classifies them as service accounts.
3
Identify Service Accounts
The platform associates each service account with its mapped standard behavior that becomes its baseline.
4
Generate policy
A policy is generated to block or alert when a service account or group of service accounts deviates from their standard behavior.
From now on every access attempt of the service account is evaluated against the policy, allowing normal access and blocking any deviation.
At the core of the Identity Security platform is its integration with the identity providers – in this case it’s Active Directory. With this integration, the platform becomes a native part of the authentication flow:
How does a Identity Security platform secure Service Accounts?
From now on every access attempt of the service account is evaluated against the policy, allowing normal access and blocking any deviation.
4
Generate policy
A policy is generated to block or alert when a service account or group of service accounts deviates from their standard behavior.
3
Identify Service Accounts
The platform associates each service account with its mapped standard behavior that becomes its baseline.
2
Learn account behavior
Within a defined learning period the platform classifies the accounts that feature a repetitive and predictable behavior and classifies them as service accounts.

Overcoming the Security Blind Spot of Service Accounts
At the core of the Identity Security platform is its integration with the identity providers – in this case it’s Active Directory. With this integration, the platform becomes a native part of the authentication flow:
1
See all authentications
AD forwards every incoming account access attempt to the Unified Identity Protection platform.
How does a Identity Security platform secure Service Accounts?