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The Need for Strong Local Credentials

One of the easiest ways to compromise a corporate network can be through local system credentials. In addition to Domain or Active Directory security, each Windows desktop and server system in the company also has local security; this means that every system has a local Administrator account that allows access to that system, and potentially exposes vital corporate resources.

Microsoft does not provide a convenient way to disable or easily manage all of the local accounts that exist in a company’s Windows environment. Too often, network managers are forced to take a shortcut, like setting a common password for all of their local Administrator accounts. This practice creates a significant hole in the company’s security; if the password is discovered or compromised through a brute force attack (which may not be detected because the attack could be limited to a single system), every system in the company would be immediately vulnerable because all of those systems share the same password.