Patch Tuesday fixes address critical flaws in Windows, IE,” and other fixes are included in the Microsoft security bulletins released on Tuesday October 11, 2011.

As stated in the article, Microsoft released 8 total bulletins addressing a total of 23 vulnerabilities and all versions of Internet Explorer are affected along with other Microsoft operating systems.  As Microsoft releases their monthly “Patch Tuesday” updates, it is important for you to consider how many of these vulnerabilities can be mitigated when users are not running with administrator rights.

Dwain Kinghorn, of SageCreek Partners, wrote the whitepaper titled, “Viewfinity Privilege Management Mitigates Microsoft Patch Vulnerabilities” and in this whitepaper, Dwain explains exactly how a privilege management solution can help to mitigate the risks involved with Microsoft Patch Updates.  Many attacks involving malware are designed to exploit the Microsoft vulnerabilities and are usually successful if users are running with administrator rights.  “When the locally logged on user does not have administrative rights, the programs and processes that the user runs do not have the rights to be susceptible to many of the vulnerabilities that are referenced in the monthly Microsoft security bulletins,” said Dwain. Simply stated, when users are running without administrator rights, the desktops are less susceptible to malware and in a locked down environment, a privilege management solution like Viewfinity’s elevates privileges for standard users via policies so that user productivity is not sacrificed and security is enhanced with an additional layer of defense.

Download a copy of the whitepaper and learn more about how Viewfinity Privilege Management helps to mitigate the Microsoft patch vulnerabilities.