Privileged access
Use least privilege, strong authentication, controlled administrative paths and auditable access. Shared unmanaged credentials increase operational risk.
Network segmentation
Limit exposure, separate management paths where practical and restrict service-to-service connectivity to required flows.
Monitoring and change control
Track configuration changes, security-relevant events, availability signals and unusual access patterns.
Recovery readiness
Maintain protected backups and test restore procedures. Incident plans should define roles, escalation and evidence preservation.
Security controls that belong in the operating model
Administrative access
Use least privilege, protected admin paths and explicit ownership of privileged accounts.
Segmentation
Separate platform, data, integration and management traffic where the risk model requires it.
Change control
Track configuration changes and preserve known-good configurations for recovery.
Detection and recovery
Centralize operational logs and define what happens after suspicious access, service failure or credential compromise.