What Good Privilege Hygiene Looks Like
Huntress, Monday, September 28th, 2026
Huntress outlines least-privilege practices to curb local admin sprawl, sticky admin sessions and accidental SaaS admins.
Huntress says most privilege risk comes from access that already exists, such as local admin sprawl, lingering admin sessions and accidental SaaS admins, and that tools like Microsoft Copilot can expose it.
It frames least privilege as an ongoing backstop that limits the blast radius of a compromised login.
Practical first steps include removing unnecessary local admin rights, separating admin work from mailboxes and tightening access to financial, HR and IP data, along with building privilege checks into onboarding, offboarding and SaaS procurement.