Re: Desktop Administrator Question

["Johnson, Jeff" <JJOHNS86 () DEPAUL EDU>]

So I wanted to follow up on this request we'd made a few weeks ago.  Thanks so much to everyone who provided some 
feedback on this.  As many have pointed out, the survey we had put up was very simple, and didn't give the responder 
much leeway on the question of whether they give administrator access, and since there are many different variants here 
(e.g. "yes, we give admin access but not to certain users", etc.), I got quite a few follow ups from folks with those 
caveats.  I have tried my best to add them into the second worksheet of the attached Excel sheet.  I also did not add 
personal contact info for those responders who were so generous to offer follow-ups, since I wasn't sure if people 
wanted to share that information publicly.  Therefore, if you want to get additional details from the contributors, 
please follow up and request it to the list-serv directly.

So without further ado, attached is a spreadsheet breaking down the responses in Excel 2010 format.  If people want 
this in another format, please reply and I will see what I can do.

Thanks again everyone!

Jeff



From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Johnson, 
Jeff
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 5:13 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Desktop Administrator Question

Hello Everyone,

DePaul is currently evaluating how we have access rights and roles setup on desktop/laptop computers at the 
institution.  We currently give all employees administrator rights to their desktop computer.  Our understanding is 
that most institutes of higher education are offering employees of the institution administrator rights on their 
desktops, but we would like to validate this to satisfy some questions from some others (particularly internal audit 
folks).  As such, we were interested in gathering some more concrete data on this and have created a very short and 
simple (4 question) survey to capture this information.    We would very much appreciate your participation if you are 
able, and we will share the results for everyone via email (cleansing any personal information you choose to enter 
prior to doing so of course).  If you would rather pass this on to colleagues involved in desktop administration and 
support, that would also be most appreciated.

Here is a link to the survey:  http://depaul.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6lNkqctZNQ5BZaI

Thank you so much for your help!

Regards,


Jeff Johnson
Infrastructure Support Manager,
Information Systems,
DePaul University

Attachment: DesktopAdminSurveyv3_January2012.xlsx
Description: DesktopAdminSurveyv3_January2012.xlsx