Assessing Administrative Permissions to Reduce Malware Threats Effectively

A new study shows that CSOs could dramatically lower the risk of malware infection by becoming a lot stingier with the number of company employees given administrator accounts on computers.

The study released Tuesday by enterprise security vendor Avecto indicates that it's time for CSOs to evaluate the use of admin privileges and restrict their use only when required for certain tasks.

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