What are Poc Service Accounts?

What are Poc Service Accounts?
Poc Service Accounts are special, non-human accounts used to test permissions, workflows, and integrations. They stand between your proof-of-concept environment and production, giving you controlled access to resources without exposing live user credentials.

Why use them?
They prevent accidental data leaks, reduce risk, and isolate experiments. Poc Service Accounts also make it easy to share access with teammates, external vendors, or automation scripts, all without touching sensitive accounts.

Core benefits:

• Granular permissions: Limit scope to just the APIs and datasets your proof of concept needs.
• Auditability: Every action is logged and traceable to the account.
• Security boundaries: Test in a sandbox that won’t break production if something fails.
• Automation-ready: Ideal for CI/CD pipelines, integration endpoints, and staging systems.

Best practices for Poc Service Accounts

• Assign only the minimum permissions necessary.
• Keep credentials in a secure secret store.
• Rotate keys regularly to cut down on exposure.
• Use unique accounts per project to keep logs clean.
• Disable or delete accounts as soon as the POC is complete.

Common mistakes to avoid:

• Reusing production service accounts for POCs.
• Forgetting to remove old accounts after testing.
• Giving blanket permissions "just to make it work."
• Storing credentials in plaintext or committing them to source control.

Poc Service Accounts accelerate testing without compromising operational integrity. They let you experiment boldly while staying within the safety lines.

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