Sudo encourages better security practices and it is more convenient—everyone should be using it.

A new study from BeyondTrust, a software developer focused on solutions for managing privileges in Windows, has some interesting results for organizations that have made the switch to Windows 7. The ...

What looks like the highest permission level is actually just one step below.

Revoking administrative rights from machines can mitigate attacks against most critical Microsoft vulnerabilities and in more than half of all vulnerabilities in Microsoft software, a new report ...

Sometimes, we need to launch applications on our system with elevated privileges. We can do so by selecting the Run as Administrator option in the right-click context menu for a particular application ...

In the 20-plus years I’ve spent consulting, hand-holding, troubleshooting and securing networks one of the most frequently asked questions I hear from business leaders is “How do I keep sensitive data ...

Patching software is important, but there are often good reasons why it can’t happen right away. A recent analysis of Microsoft’s 2015 security bulletins shows that restricting account privileges ...

We've found that somehow the Administrator account doesn't have certain administrator rights. For example, when I start up "Disk Management" I get something like "You don't have rights to access Disk ...

Nine of out 10 critical bugs reported by Microsoft last year could have been made moot, or at least made less dangerous, if people ran Windows without administrative rights, a developer of enterprise ...

ALL RIT users with administrative privileges MUST take RIT Information Handling Training ANNUALLY and within 30 days of being granted administrative privileges. The training is available through ...