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PAW versus SAW: Same idea, different universe

Posted in Security Architecture, Technology on Jul 17th, 2023

In my last post I described the SAW, the Secure Admin Workstation Microsoft uses for its own admins. A few of you asked how it compares with the PAWs I see at customers. Fair question. The idea is the same. The level is not. Let me describe a typical customer PAW. It is a separate […]

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What is a SAW?

Posted in Security Architecture, Technology on Jul 14th, 2023

I often get asked how Microsoft itself protects its admins. Part of the answer is public, and it has a name: SAW, Secure Admin Workstation. Microsoft has described SAWs in public material for several years. The idea is the same as the PAW I have written about for a long time, taken quite far. Engineers […]

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