I don't think this is "normal" in any sense, however, as other have commented, if this is company equipment, there is usually little you can do outside of leavi

I don't think this is "normal" in any sense, however, as other have commented, if this is company equipment, there is usually little you can do outside of leaving the company. In my limited experience working in and as a member of enterprise IT environments, the people specializing in "security" typically seek to reduce as much as possible, what a user is able to do on the machine. Unless you can document why you need extra privileges and have management that will support you, it is a waste of time to ruffle feathers.