Five best practices for securing Active Directory service accounts

This sponsored guide explains why AD service accounts are high-value targets and outlines five best practices to mitigate risk: enforce least privilege, use MFA where applicable, remove unused accounts, monitor for anomalies, and apply strong password policies. It describes the different service account types (local, domain, MSA, gMSA), highlights how attackers can abuse over-privileged accounts (e.g., in ransomware scenarios), and promotes Specops tools for auditing and password policy enforcement.