Service accounts Playbook for Teams: Fast Track
RCCE students will learn identity governance, authentication protocols, authorization models, privilege escalation prevention, and access lifecycle management. RCCE students will learn to design and enforce identity controls that prevent unauthorized access, stop account takeover attacks, eliminate privilege abuse, and implement zero-trust identity verification across enterprise environments. This team-oriented course builds collaborative workflows and organizational playbooks for security operations. Building on core knowledge, RCCE students will learn to create and implement standardized procedures that enable consistent performance across team members and shifts. Students develop the documentation, communication, and coordination skills needed for effective team-based security operations.
- Security Engineers building defensive controls
- Security Analysts and Blue Team members
- Systems Administrators with security responsibilities
- GRC and Risk Professionals supporting controls
- Professionals implementing Service accounts Playbook for Teams: Fast Track
- Manage service account privileges, rotation, and access boundaries
- Apply zero-trust principles to privilege decisions and elevation
- Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for learning objectives
- Execute hands-on tasks for course structure — covering Target Audience & Prerequisites.
- Execute hands-on tasks for prerequisite: iam fundamentals module
- Execute hands-on tasks for definition & purpose
- Execute hands-on tasks for key characteristics — covering Non-human identities for automation, No interactive login required.
- Execute hands-on tasks for local service — covering Limited local privileges, Anonymous network creds.
- Execute hands-on tasks for network service — covering Machine credentials on network, Kerberos authentication.
- Execute hands-on tasks for domain service — covering Active Directory integrated, Cross-domain access.
| Module 01 | Service Accounts Playbook |
| Module 02 | Identity Governance · Authentication · Authorization · Zero Trust |
| Module 03 | Course Overview |
| Module 04 | Learning Objectives |
| Module 05 | Course Structure |
| Module 06 | Prerequisite: IAM fundamentals module |
| Module 07 | What Are Service Accounts? |
| Module 08 | Definition & Purpose |
| Module 09 | Key Characteristics |
| Module 10 | Local Service |
| Module 11 | Network Service |
| Module 12 | Domain Service |
| Module 13 | Active Directory integrated |
| Module 14 | Managed Service (MSA/gMSA) |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice service accounts playbook for teams: fast track by implementing the controls discussed in class, with a focus on real-world deployment, monitoring, and validation.
- Lab 1: Manage service account privileges, rotation, and access boundaries
- Lab 2: Apply zero-trust principles to privilege decisions and elevation
- Lab 3: Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Lab 4: Execute hands-on tasks for learning objectives
- Lab 5: Execute hands-on tasks for course structure
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for Service accounts Playbook for Teams: Fast Track, verifiable through the Rocheston certification portal.
- Full access to all course materials and slide decks
- Hands-on lab access on Rocheston Rose X OS environment
- Access to Rocheston CyberNotes
- Access to Rocheston Zelfire — EDR/XDR SIEM platform
- Access to Rocheston Raven — online cyber range exercise platform
- Access to Rocheston Vulnerability Vines AI