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Administrative v/s power user Access for Staff and students
From: Anand S Malwade <Anand.Malwade () SHU EDU>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 13:31:32 -0500
I was wondering what other universities are doing in limiting administrative access on Desktops and laptops for Staff ? The rationale being as we know that enterprise workstations run as administrator also makes the network vulnerable to malware including viruses, Trojan horses, spyware, adware and unintentional user damage. Malware can exploit a local administrator account's system-level access to damage files, change system configurations, and even transmit confidential data outside of the network. Ensuring that all users run as standard users is the primary way to help mitigate the impact. Has anyone tried giving Power User level access as opposed to full admin rights and if yes what was the overall experience ? Thanks, Anand Anand Malwade Information Security Officer, Seton Hall University,
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- Administrative v/s power user Access for Staff and students Anand S Malwade (Mar 06)
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- Re: Administrative v/s power user Access for Staff and students Tupker, Mike (Mar 06)
- Re: Administrative v/s power user Access for Staff and students Brian Desmond (Mar 06)
- Re: Administrative v/s power user Access for Staff and students Stanclift, Michael (Mar 06)
- Re: Administrative v/s power user Access for Staff and students Gary Flynn (Mar 06)
- Re: Administrative v/s power user Access for Staff and students Brian K . Doré (Mar 06)
- Re: Administrative v/s power user Access for Staff and students Kevin Shalla (Mar 09)