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Using Dual Accounts for Administrators
There is no question that administrators need to have a user account that will allow them to perform their tasks of taking care of the network and enterprise. There is a question as to whether or not this user account that provides these “Superman” privileges should also be the user account that is used to check email, surf the Web, and perform other routine tasks that a typical employee would perform. When the IT staff only has a single user account for performing their daily “Clark Kent” tasks, as well as their “Superman” tasks, there are too many situations that leave the network, servers, Active Directory, and other essential resources vulnerable.This article will discuss some of the most common vulnerabilities that are exposed when someone with administrative or other elevated privileges use only one user account for all tasks. Some of these situations might seem abstract or far-fetched, but there is no doubt that someone has taken advantage of some of these exploits at one time or another.(continue at source)