The present disclosure provides new methods and systems for managing access to service accounts by user accounts. For example, a user account and a service account may be created. The user account may be granted a first permission to access the service account. The first permission may provide a user with a capability to access the service account by at least one of accessing the service account through the user account and directly accessing the service account. A first credential may be issued to the service account. A user account status event regarding a change to the first permission may automatically be detected. It may be determined that the first permission provided access to the service account A second credential may be issued to the service account. The second credential may invalidate the first credential and may prevent the user from directly accessing the service account.