One of the fastest ways to reduce risk in any K–12 environment is also one of the most overlooked: Reviewing who has administrative access. Too many admin accounts, especially highly privileged ones, dramatically increase the blast radius of a single compromised account. The goal isn’t just to know who your admins are. It’s to ensure only the right people have the right level of access, and nothing more. Why This Matters Admin accounts can: reset passwords access sensitive data modify security settings create or delete accounts bypass protections If one of these accounts is compromised, the attacker doesn’t need to break in; they’re already inside. This is why frameworks like the CIS Critical Security Controls (v8) emphasize: Control 5: Account Management Control 6: Access Control Management Both stress: minimizing administrative privileges using role-based access regularly reviewing accounts removing unnecessary access Step 1: Audit Admin Roles in Google Workspace Navigate to: Admi...
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