In Norway, we have a saying, “many chefs, great mess”.
You would only want the necessary software installed on your systems. Another aspect is that more software seldom leads to a more stable system. And each additional software on a system opens itself up to a set of possible vulnerabilities. This can lead to unwanted license consumption (since you as a company are responsible for what software are installed and used on a corporate computer). Software installations.įrom a corporate side of things, local admin rights also opens up for software installations by the end users. And if you have admin rights, so will the malware. So if you open that to-good-to-be-true email from the Nigerian prince, and try to read the attached PDF, the concealed malware will run as your user account. Just some basic computer facts first: If you open a program, that program will run as you, with your privileges. Malware.Īnother factor to consider is the possible harm malware could do to your information if it were able to run as admin. By having these rights enabled by default, you are exposing your system for many potential security vulnerabilities – known and unknown – in the operating system it self. The quote above from Avecto, creator of the report they are discussing, show one major reason why having local admin rights on your personal user account should be reconsidered. Avecto, Microsoft vulnerabilities report 2013
The results also revealed that removing admin rights would mitigate 96% of critical vulnerabilities affecting Windows operating systems, 91% critical vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft Office and 100% of vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. But why, and what? Vulnerabilities in the operating system. If you set up a fresh copy of Windows, the default user account will have local admin rights. Click here for all articles in this series
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