Too many organizations are still allowing most of their end-users full-time administration privileges in Windows. If you ask why the taboo practice is continuing, administrators will respond that they ...

Windows UAC and least-privilege products aim to ensure that users have no more permissions than necessary to do their jobs “Least privilege” is the No. 1 IT security mantra. It means, “Don’t grant ...

Your business likely requires certain users to have privileged access to your cloud resources. This means they can basically have free reign to access all manner of company data, workflows, security ...

One of the most important principles of good computer security is the principle of least privilege: A user should have no more access to data and systems than is necessary for their task. Too often, ...

Microsoft Windows has come a long way with the release of Windows 7, especially in driving users -- and in some cases, administrators -- crazy with functions like User Account Control (UAC). Best ...

Organizations using Microsoft Intune with its Endpoint Privilege Management capability now can have better control over Windows 365 user privileges, per a Monday Microsoft announcement. A September ...

Migrating to Microsoft Windows 7 is becoming more urgent for the many UK companies that still run Windows XP. Support for the old operating system will come to a halt in April 2014, which means no ...

Further details of the flaw, which has recently been patched by Microsoft, were disclosed Tuesday by researchers. Researchers disclosed details of a high-severity Microsoft Windows vulnerability that ...

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