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ILTA SOS Webinar: Remove Administrator Rights and Secure a Law Firm’s Greatest Asset- Its Reputation. Sean M. Power Chief Information Officer April 2013. About Lathrop & Gage, LLP. Founded in 1873, known as the oldest law firm west of the Mississippi River
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ILTA SOS Webinar: Remove Administrator Rights and Secure a Law Firm’s Greatest Asset- Its Reputation Sean M. Power Chief Information Officer April 2013
About Lathrop & Gage, LLP • Founded in 1873, known as the oldest law firm west of the Mississippi River • Approximately 850 desktops and laptops • 315 Attorneys • Highly-mobile, distributed work force: • 11 offices across the US
Desktop Environment Challenges • 850 desktops and laptops running multiple configurations • Nearly 200 applications, many customized • Extensive mobile workforce • Previously all users ran with administrator rights • Much trepidation by some about removing administrator rights. • Moved to a fully locked down desktop environment with all users running as limited users. • Attorney’s need flexible user control of PCs
The Solution • Very effective reporting on what precisely needs privilege elevation especially third party legal review websites with Active X add-ins. • Ability to control and manage our distributed PCs over a secure internet connection • Elevate privileges on the fly regardless of attorney’s work location • Policies are propagated immediately • No need to initiate remote desktop and use RUN AS • Significant when running and installing programs as the user, not in the administrator context • Ability to flexibly manage our locked-down environment • Easy discovery of what rights are needs to run challenging applications • Recording of privilege elevation events for auditing
The Results • Manage user access privileges effectively, efficiently, extremely timely manner • User still does not require admin rights • Increased productivity immensely for IT staff and end users • Much better control for software compliance considerations • Significant reduction in malware incidence or severe limitation in the effect of malware if it gains a foothold, often constrained to individual profile – this is very useful if someone is travelling and out of the office • Application configuration files and the registry can be effectively controlled • Allows people to focus on the job • Case study: www.viewfinity.com/ Resources/CaseStudies/LathropGage.aspx
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Users with Admin Rights can…. • Install kernel-mode root kits • Install system-level level key loggers • Install ActiveX controls, including IE and Explorer extensions • Install spyware and adware • Install and start services • Stop existing services (such as the firewall) • Access data belonging to other users • Cause code to run whenever anybody else logs on to that system • Replace OS and other program files with Trojan horses • Disable/uninstall anti-virus virus • Create and modify user accounts • Reset local passwords • Render the machine unbootable …
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