Identify Devices With Unnecessary Administrator Rights

Overview

In many environments, local administrator access accumulates over time. Principal users may run as local admins by default, domain admin accounts may be used directly on endpoints, and exceptions often go unchecked. This creates avoidable security exposure and weakens least-privilege policies.

Applixure provides immediate visibility into which devices have elevated privileges and why. Instead of auditing manually or relying on assumptions, IT teams can see exactly where admin rights exist and determine whether they are justified.

What Applixure Provides

Applixure continuously tracks administrative access across the device fleet, including:

• Devices where the principal user is a local administrator
• Devices using direct administrative domain accounts
• Fleet-wide visibility into all devices with local administrator enabled
• Clear counts to understand scale and risk exposure
• Ability to drill into affected devices for review
• Search, sort, and export functionality for access reviews and remediation

This allows IT to separate valid administrative use from unnecessary privilege escalation.

Benefits

• Identify unnecessary admin rights in under 10 seconds
• Reduce security risk from privilege misuse or compromise
• Strengthen least-privilege enforcement
• Improve audit readiness and compliance posture
• Gain continuous visibility into access drift
• Prioritize remediation based on real exposure, not assumptions

Implementation Steps

1. Create an Applixure account
2. Deploy the agent via your existing management tool
3. Data collection starts automatically
4. Open Devices in Applixure Analytics
5. Navigate to Security Readiness → Administrative Rights
6. Review devices with principal users or accounts running as administrators
7. Assess appropriateness and take corrective action where needed