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BeyondTrust resea
of critical Microso
can be mitigated
The report finds that removing
admin rights from endpoints
would mitigate 77% of all
critical Microsoft vulnerabilities
from last year.
BeyondTrust, a wor
leader in Privilege
Management, ha
release of its Microsoft V
The research provides th
breakdown into security
organisations today, as
trends analysis to better
to increase their IT secu
networks and systems sa
Now in its seventh editio
identified the following h
“
80% OF CRITICAL
VULNERABILITIES
AFFECTING
WINDOWS 7, 8.1
AND 10 WOULD
HAVE BEEN
MITIGATED BY
REMOVING ADMIN
RIGHTS.
• In 2019, a record-hig
Microsoft vulnerabilit
• The number of repor
has risen 64% in the
(2015–2019)
• 100% of critical vuln
Explorer would have
removing admin righ
• 100% of critical vuln
Microsoft Edge would
mitigated by removin
• 80% of critical vulne
Windows 7, 8.1 and 1
mitigated by removin
• 80% of critical vulne
Windows Servers wou
mitigated by removin
Further analysis indicate
over the last five years, 8
vulnerabilities published
have been mitigated by
removing admin rights f
“Removing admin rights
security,” said Sami Laih
and Ethical Hacker. “Rem
will also allow your comp
better and longer, with l
My larger customers hav
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