[beh9540]

I worked for a company once where IT Desktop Support had to install all software, even for teams who worked in Technology. I was tasked with starting a whole new program and needed a bunch of new tools installed, and needed to supply them with a list of all these applications we'd ever need.

Out of curiosity, after they didn't provide the right software a few times, I asked the guy how he was validating they were securely sourced, etc. His reply was "Oh I just googled it and grabbed the first one." After that, I at least sent him the links of where to download it from, but I couldn't convince any of the IT executives that this policy is pretty useless if they're just grabbing and installing.

[josephcsible]

Let me guess: the reason this company wouldn't let you install software or give you admin rights on your own workstations was for "security"?