The Top 10 Reasons Why Users Should Not Have...
One of our System Administrators posted this on our Help Desk mailing list. Currently, all of our users have Local Administrator rights on their computers. It is to laugh.
10.Allows Malware to really *REALLY* hose the PC if it gets hit
9. Allows users to mess up their settings royally
8. Administrative nightmare to manage
7. Must spend more time ghosting machines because of 10, 9, and 8
6. Users get rather pissy about the loss of data stemming from 7
5. Any corporate software and mail policy can be easily broken
4. They can undermine anything administratively done to their machines
3. With only minor creativity in phrasing, local admin rights can easily violate Sarbanes-Oxley and other pseudo-security legislation
2. Users can load any software, even illegal stuff...
1. Makes corporate security people laugh so hard, they can't effectively do their jobs
10.Allows Malware to really *REALLY* hose the PC if it gets hit
9. Allows users to mess up their settings royally
8. Administrative nightmare to manage
7. Must spend more time ghosting machines because of 10, 9, and 8
6. Users get rather pissy about the loss of data stemming from 7
5. Any corporate software and mail policy can be easily broken
4. They can undermine anything administratively done to their machines
3. With only minor creativity in phrasing, local admin rights can easily violate Sarbanes-Oxley and other pseudo-security legislation
2. Users can load any software, even illegal stuff...
1. Makes corporate security people laugh so hard, they can't effectively do their jobs