RE: Restrict ability to alter variables in debugger on production

You're absolutely right Buck.  SOX is about process.

No one is saying programmers can't have access to production data.  What
the frameworks do say is that it must be reasonable, necessary,
measured, and auditable.  The days of unregulated full access to
production systems are rapidly departing.

Most of us are already doing the right thing when it comes to our data
access procedures, what SOX requires is that we document and prove that
we are doing the right thing.

jte

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Buck Calabro
> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 12:15 PM
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Restrict ability to alter variables in
> debugger on production
> 
> > All the solutions then point out to the fact
> > that there is no way anyone can fix anything
> > in a live environment without impinging on
> > SOX or data protection.
> 
> SOX mandates that you be able to produce a complete and
> verifiable
> audit trail of how the data were manipulated.  I have even
> heard of
> companies using video cameras or something like Camtasia
> to record a
> programmer's debugging/fixing session in the middle of the
> night.
> 
> The main thing to remember is that you need a documented
> process for
> handling these situations as well as a way to show that
> your people
> follow that process.
>   --buck
> 
> 
> 
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