Users with Administrative privilege must have separate accounts for administrative duties and normal operational tasks.

From Windows 8/8.1 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000366

SV-48276r3_rule Users with Administrative privilege must have separate accounts for administrative duties and normal operational tasks.

Vulnerability discussion

Using a privileged account to perform routine functions makes the computer vulnerable to malicious software inadvertently introduced during a session that has been granted full privileges.

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Verify each user with administrative privileges has been assigned a unique administrative account separate from their standard user account. The ISSO will maintain a list of all users belonging to the Administrators group. If any of the following conditions are true, this is a finding: -Each SA does not have a unique userid dedicated for administering the system. -Each SA does not have a separate account for normal user tasks.

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Ensure each user with administrative privilege has a separate account for user duties and one for privileged duties.

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