Types of Accounts and there Uses
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Service accounts will be created and follow the naming conventions as established in the Privileged Access Standard.
Minimum password Password should be unique with a minimum length should be 20 characters.
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| Type of Account | Used to gain Privileged Access | Password Storage | Password | Used to authenticate a service or application for Directory Services |
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| Netid Account | No | User's discretion to keep the password private and secure | Personal | No |
| Administrative Account | Yes | Enterprise Password Management solution | Personal | No |
| Vendor Account | No | User's discretion to keep the password private and secure | Personal | No |
| Privileged Vendor Account | Yes | Enterprise Password Management solution | Personal | No |
| Service Account | Yes | Enterprise Password Management solution | non-Personal | Yes |
| Departmental Account | No | User's discretion to keep the password private and secure | non-Personal | No |
| Generic Account | No | User's discretion to keep the password private and secure | Personal | No |
| Event Access Account | No | User's discretion to keep the password private and secure | non-Personal | No |
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