RE: Separation of Duties...

Be thankful you don't work for a bank.

As a developer, I'm not allowed to even log on to the production system.
Except if there is a problem that Operation doesn't know how to solve.
Then I have to send an eMail justifying why I need access, how long do I
need it & what I'm going to do.

On the development system, I don't have access to dozens of commands
that could use in programming. I have to ask for permission to use FTP
commands with the usual why, when, how long etc.

Currently I have one form for a change request & one to promote the
changes. They want to optimize it to about 20 pages of forms. 18 pages
are for planning, approvals & sign offs.

For a simple query, it used to take me an hour or two. Now it is at
least 2-3 days & soon to be only once even other week.

More security changes are coming. Really Big Sigh! :(

\Vincent


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 3:09 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Separation of Duties...


Lemme guess, this auditor was trained at the only college that doesn't
teach
iSeries as part of their core IT and Management/finance/auditing
curriculum...OH, Wait...that's basically ALL of them... Gee...IBM...uh,
education, what a concept...

Once again, people bring to the work place what they learn in college...

Don't blame the auditor...IBM dropped the ball on education and he/she
never
probably had a chance to learn about iSeries...

Don in DC

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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ron Adams
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 11:38 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Separation of Duties...

DB2 for iSeries doesn't really require an "Admin" like a lot of other
databases do.

Sounds like the auditor is unfamiliar with the iSeries, and is using a
template to do your audit. I've been thru this with a few and had to
'splain to them how the iSeries works. Most of the time they claim
they understand and just go away.