There's a problem with the widespread distribution of administrator rights in your organization, and it has nothing to do with security.

That problem is compliance: Compliance with the industry, governmental, and regulatory statutes that define certain configurations within your IT infrastructure. Although many of those configurations are mandated to enforce a greater level of security control, your job as an IT professional is to ensure their fulfillment.

However, similar to the tradeoffs we endure between strong security and total usability, the solid implementation of a compliant configuration often requires a reduction in user flexibility, administrative capability, and merely getting the job of IT done. Nowhere is this more prevalent than in compliance’s role in reducing the power and spread of administrative rights.

Read this whitepaper to learn how you can fulfill FDCC, SOX, PCI, HIPAA & GLBA compliance by eliminating administrator rights.