Not OP but same. I'm currently debating with myself whether I should attempt to install PUTTY. Given that port 22 is blocked and it's not needed for my core role it'll be dicey if I get challenged.
Pulling executable code off some repo...no way that is ever officially passing muster. People might do it anyway, but on a personal risk basis.
>Can you explain this more?
Place that are heavy on confidential financial info basically. Practically everything I touch is confidential client data. So employer is naturally jumpy about what's on my laptop software wise.
Ironically the above comes full circle...need putty to get onto a VM in cloud where there are no restrictions and crucially no client data. Nobody cares what I do there - hell they'll even pay for it thanks for MSDN enterprise