Shouldn't you also disable the default local Administrator account, and create a new one, NOT named Administrator?
Joe Heaton ITB - Windows Server Support From: ed ziots [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 2:49 PM To: Heaton, Joseph@DFG; NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Quarterly Admin password change +1, that is pretty easy one. Also make sure you rename it to something else than "Administrator" and create a dummy admin account which is only a "Guest" and disabled, and audit its attempted use for audit and incident response purposes. Also can script it out with cusrmgr.exe from the Windows 2000 resource kit. Z Edward E. Ziots Senior Informational Security Engineer CISSP,Security +,Network+ > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > To: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Quarterly Admin password change > Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:42:35 +0000 > > Easy to do with GPP or with a script. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > Consultant and Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Juned Shaikh > [mailto:[email protected]]<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]> > Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 5:16 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Quarterly Admin password change > > I am trying to identify how are you folks managing the security requirement > of changing Local admin password of all servers quarterly? > > Thanks in advance, > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
