[Verse 1]
Sarah builds pipelines that deploy at dawn
Service accounts need tokens to carry on
But granting admin rights to every bot
Creates attack surfaces that hit like shots
She crafts specific roles for each machine
Read-only here, write-only there, pristine
[Chorus]
Minimum viable privilege, lock it down tight
Only what you need today, nothing more tonight
Service accounts get their slice, never the whole pie
RBAC keeps the boundaries clean, permissions fly by
Least is best, least is best, scope it razor-thin
Least is best, least is best, that's how you always win
[Verse 2]
Jenkins needs deployment but not user data
Lambda requires S3, not administrator strata
Break down the workflow, map each component's hunger
Database migrations, API calls, code launchers
Separate concerns with surgical precision cuts
No wildcard permissions, no blanket "root" guts
[Chorus]
Minimum viable privilege, lock it down tight
Only what you need today, nothing more tonight
Service accounts get their slice, never the whole pie
RBAC keeps the boundaries clean, permissions fly by
Least is best, least is best, scope it razor-thin
Least is best, least is best, that's how you always win
[Bridge]
Temporary credentials with expiration clocks
Time-boxed access tokens, automatic locks
Rotate those secrets, audit every grant
Review permissions quarterly, eliminate what you can't
If compromise hits tomorrow, damage stays contained
Blast radius minimized, security maintained
[Verse 3]
CI needs repository clone, not infrastructure keys
Testing requires staging, not production mysteries
Build agents pull dependencies, push artifacts alone
Deploy scripts touch servers, leave everything else unknown
Principle of least privilege, carved in digital stone
[Outro]
Only what you need today, tomorrow starts fresh
Revoke what's obsolete, keep permissions mesh
Tight boundaries save the day when attackers test
Least privilege always, that's our fortress manifest