Cut Microsoft admin rights to mitigate 92% of threats, study shows

[tom_mai78101]

Removing Microsoft admin rights from employees mitigates 92% of critical vulnerabilities and 60% of all vulnerabilities reported by the software firm in the past year, a study has revealed.

The study by privilege management firm Avecto analysed data from security bulletins issued by Microsoft throughout 2013.

The study showed that removing admin rights would mitigate 96% of critical vulnerabilities affecting Windows operating systems, 91% of critical vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft Office and 100% of vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer.

The security precaution would also mitigate 100% of critical remote code execution vulnerabilities and 80% of critical information disclosure vulnerabilities.

Employees with admin can install, modify and delete software and files as well as change system settings.

Cut Microsoft admin rights to mitigate 92% of threats, study shows | Computer Weekly

Removing Microsoft admin rights from employees mitigates 92% of critical vulnerabilities reported in 2013

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[Slapshot136]

and how many of these vulnerabilities would be cut if employees used linux? or at a minimum, a real web browser?

 

[Accname]

and how many of these vulnerabilities would be cut if employees used linux? or at a minimum, a real web browser?

And how many of these vulnerabilities would be cut if employees used typewriters, rocks and sticks?

 

[Slapshot136]

excellent point - lets keep removing functionality in order to reduce the risk of exploits

 

[tom_mai78101]

excellent point - lets keep removing functionality in order to reduce the risk of exploits

How many vulnerabilities would be cut if employees stop using computers of any kind? 0% vulnerabilities for computers. I win.