Some of you may have already seen the annual report we do each year on vulnerabilities in Microsoft products. Our last report found that in 90% of critical vulnerabilities could be mitigated with the removal of administrative rights.
This presents three sources of risks to Windows desktops in a business environment:
- Users that are slow to download the latest patches leave their PCs vulnerable
- Discovered vulnerabilities that have not yet been patched
- Vulnerabilities Microsoft is not yet aware of, but there is some awareness in the hacker community

Scott Lang, Sr. Director, Product Marketing at BeyondTrust
Scott Lang has nearly 20 years of experience in technology product marketing, currently guiding the product marketing strategy for BeyondTrust’s privileged account management solutions and vulnerability management solutions. Prior to joining BeyondTrust, Scott was director of security solution marketing at Dell, formerly Quest Software, where he was responsible for global security campaigns, product marketing for identity and access management and Windows server management.