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. The report said this means if malware infects a user with admin rights, it can cause damage locally as well as on a wider network.,
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