RE: Rights

["Lane, Jim" <Jim.Lane () CIBC com>]

I've just started work for a large bank as a sysadmin supporting a group
of developers. It seems that the custom here is to grant local admin
rights to developers and I was able to get myself so designated with a
minimal amount of fuss and bother.
To my mind this is a classic "pick your poison" sort of choice. The more
hard nosed you are about this is the more difficult it is for some
people to do their jobs, myself being one such. One size doesn't fit
all. Some people really are "power users" and tightening up security
controls doesn't change that. If users can't make necessary changes then
somebody else has to do it for them. How much time and effort is it
worth to devote to desktop security. You tell me. 

Regards,
Jim Lane 

-----Original Message-----
From: I Freecycle [mailto:i.freecycle.too () gmail com] 
Sent: June 28, 2006 1:02 PM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Rights

Hello,

I'm wondering how others deal with allowing users rights on work
computers.

At our school, users aren't normally given Administrator or Power User
rights unless it's absolutely necessary.  Occasionally we
encounter employees and students that don't understand how easily a
system can be messed up and the security issues involved nor why we
feel it's necessary to operate like this.


I would like to know what others do, and what policies they have in
place to address these issues.

Thanks,

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