CybersecKyle Security How-To Series: Power User and Small Team, Part 1 - Account Inventory and Least Privilege

I am back with Season 3, Part 1 of the Power User and Small Team track in my CybersecKyle Security How-To Series. This time we are treating accounts like assets: inventory them, remove stale access, and stop handing out admin rights like candy.Small environments have a funny way of collecting access.A side project starts with one login. Then a friend helps. Then a contractor needs temporary access. Then a family member gets added. Then a tool asks for admin permissions. Six months later nobody knows who can do what, which email owns the account, or whether the person who helped “just for the weekend” can still delete everything.The first problem is ownership, not technology.Account inventory and least privilege are the boring controls that make access understandable again. You do not need enterprise identity governance to do this well. You need a list, a review habit, and the willingness to remove access that no longer has a job.What you are buildingBy the end of this guide, you…