This is another point I was trying to make with my auditors. Somewhere along the line you just have to trust. There is absolutely no way to stop everything.
Sharon
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Dow (ML)
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 11:49 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Erasing/Decomissioning DASD
Given how easy it is to fake pictures and videos, why should an auditor
be satisfied with either? How could you prove the drive getting shot
(by the gun) is the one getting shot (by the camera)?
But so what if you destroy the drive? How can you prove to the auditor
you didn't make 200 backup copies and sell them? After all, it's the
information on the drive that's valuable, not the drive itself.
Glenn Ericson wrote:
Sharon,
would they be satisfied if they were able to hold the drive as you shot
it? :-\
At 10:33 AM 8/17/2007, Sharon Wintermute wrote:
Lol. Then you haven't met enough auditors. They will always complain about
something.
Last time I destroyed a drive with a gun and used a pic for documentation,
they complained I went to the "extreme" to prove my point. I still got a
"minor" point on the audit.
Sharon
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