System Administrators
System administrators do a very important work of maintaining systems that all of us use all the time. Yet, not much is known in research about some aspects of their job. We set out to investigate the following research questions:
- Do system administrators hold a powerful position?
- Are there gender differences in the field of system administration?
- What factors contribute to security risks in system administration?
In this ongoing project, we conducted several interviews and a survey with system administrators, and are now evaluating the results. Here we present a first informal overview of survey results: