[xist]

> Put yourselves in the shoes of that developer who can access PHI at will, but cannot update their Visual Studio in the name of security because it requires local admin rights to do so.

One possible thought - they think very highly that you will do the proper thing, but they cannot and do not trust every single vendor out there. Have you heard of SolarWinds?

And honestly updating Visual Studio is something that can be arrange but would take probably 1 hour of IT time to solve and I'm sure they have other things they need to do.

Developers are not special to NEED admin access. they may WANT it because it's more convenient, but convenient is not secure. Maybe you're the most 1337 developer out there, or maybe you're a corporate spy.

Perhaps instead of lashing out and getting angry, approach this like a developer - what are they trying to achieve? Do they have technical debt like you? Is this a good enough solution for most use cases?

Inconveniencing you is not the main goal, so perhaps understand what their main goal is.