Repositories with Too Many Admins

Overview

The Repositories with Too Many Admins widget identifies repositories that have an excessive number of administrators (more than 5). This security insight helps organizations maintain proper access control and reduce privilege sprawl in their version control systems.

Security Perspective

• Privilege Management: Helps security teams identify repositories with excessive administrative access

• Risk Reduction: Enables teams to minimize attack surface by controlling admin privileges

• Access Governance: Supports implementation of least-privilege principles in repository management

Operational Perspective

• Access Control: Simplifies identification of repositories requiring privilege optimization

• Change Management: Reduces risk of unauthorized or conflicting changes

• Compliance: Assists in maintaining regulatory compliance through proper access controls

How to Use

1. Monitor repositories flagged for having more than 5 administrators

2. For each identified repository:

   • Review current admin list

   • Assess necessity of admin access for each user

   • Downgrade unnecessary admin privileges

   • Implement team-based access controls

3. Implement and enforce admin limitation policies

4. Conduct regular access reviews

Best Practices

• Maintain 3-5 administrators per repository

• Use team-based permissions instead of individual admin access

• Document justification for each admin access grant

• Implement regular access reviews

• Set up automated alerts for new admin additions

• Create custom roles with limited privileges where possible