JEA - A PowerShell Toolkit to Secure a Post-Snowden World

Explore a 42-minute conference talk from USENIX LISA14 featuring Jeffrey P. Snover of Microsoft discussing Just Enough Admin (JEA), a PowerShell DSC toolkit designed to enhance security in a post-Snowden world. Learn how JEA addresses the challenge posed by Ex-NSA Director Michael Hayden to "man up and defend yourselves" against corporate hacking. Discover how this toolkit enables administrators to perform necessary functions without granting full administrative privileges across multiple systems, effectively mitigating risks associated with excessive access rights. Gain insights into securing your organization's infrastructure using PowerShell-based solutions in response to high-profile security breaches like the Snowden incident.