Why Shared Logins Are the Real Risk
Shared accounts are usually created for a sensible reason and then never revisited. They are the single most common serious finding in our assessments.
- 01No accountability: when something is changed or deleted, the log says the shared account did it
- 02Passwords never change, because changing one means telling everybody
- 03Ex-staff retain access indefinitely, since nobody rotates a credential five people rely on
- 04MFA is effectively impossible on an account several people use at once
- 05Common culprits: the accounts mailbox, the social media login, the router admin, and the finance portal