Cover art for Permissions Creep

WPA3-KCIA Radio · Single

Permissions Creep

Jarrett Heintz · 3:01

  • Identity & Access
  • Everything, A to Z
  • Identity Hour
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Lyrics

  1. When you were hired, you were clean,
  2. Least privilege, tight routine.
  3. You had just the rights you’d need,
  4. Nothing more, no extra key.
  5. Now your folder access grows,
  6. HR, Finance, God knows…
  7. You click and smile,
  8. They never close those holes.
  9. But you’re special now,
  10. At least your role says so.
  11. You’re a permissions creep,
  12. You’re what risk can’t keep.
  13. What the hell are you doing here?
  14. You don’t belong here.
  15. You float through drives unseen,
  16. Legacy groups, ghosted teams.
  17. I-T shrugs, “We’ll clean that soon,”
  18. Audit looms under a waning moon.
  19. And you think you’re safe,
  20. ‘Cause the logs don’t show your face.
  21. You’re a permissions creep,
  22. Shadowed in the heap.
  23. Least privilege died last year,
  24. You don’t belong here.
  25. She runs a script to see who’s in the share,
  26. You hold your breath, pretend you’re unaware.
  27. Wish you were the user you used to be,
  28. Before AD lost your purity.
  29. You’re a permissions creep,
  30. A risk too deep.
  31. What the hell are you doing here?
  32. You don’t belong here…
  33. You don’t belong here.