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Governance, Ownership & Risk

How do security teams know whether an ingestion service is over-privileged?

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By NHI Mgmt Group Editorial Team Updated June 7, 2026 Domain: Governance, Ownership & Risk

Look for write access to arbitrary paths, access to secrets stores, broad network reach, and the ability to invoke other internal services. If the service can touch startup directories, credentials, or production data locations, it has a blast radius that exceeds simple document conversion. That is a governance failure, not just a configuration detail.

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Reviewed and updated by the NHIMG editorial team on June 7, 2026.
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