Industrial control software, pc's, and cyber security

[bagged2drag 1]

I am looking for ideas, info, and suggestions:  In our world of high cyber security risk, we have a common struggle of how to manage the computer software and admin policies needed to utilize that software, and the concerns of network cyber security.   For many of us (especially in larger corporations), it is a hindrance to do our jobs because of the security policies enabled by our IT teams.   What are some of the work-around things people are doing to be able to do your job with such a hankering down for security on your computers? 

I  am personally going to move to running on VM on our host computers so I can get the admin rights I need, while IT can "lock down" the computers as they see fit.

 

 

[Crossbow 278]

VMs are a good solution.  I use them whenever possible.