Spare keys
Would you let me make 100 spare keys to your house and scatter them around your neighborhood?
How about 10?
Or maybe just 2?
Of course yo u wouldn’t.
Because the only people who should have a key to your house are the people who are supposed to be inside. Any extra keys should not be left "lying around" for "just anybody" to find and use.
Sure, anybody who found a key wouldn't necessarily know what it's for — but that's small comfort when it comes to the security of your home.
Compare this to administrative login accounts for your website.
Do you still have active admin accounts for your site, for folks that no longer work for you?
Or for staff members who don't actually need full admin access (you know, the ability to literally change, export, or destroy all of your content and data)?
Those admin logins are the keys to your organization's online home.
I hope you're not letting them "just lie around" for "just anybody" to find and misuse.
(Fortunately, unlike physical house keys, you don't need to go looking for them. Just turn those accounts off!)
All the best,
A.