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It is reasonable and prudent to have a separation of people/duties for all major privileged (System Programmer, Security Officer, DBA, Programmer, etc.) personnel. It is an accepted practice in any well run and mature IT shop AND any well managed business where protection of company assets is taken seriously.
Most i5/AS/400 shops don't qualify as they are much like Windows-only shops when it comes to having one or a few people that are "chief cooks and bottle washers" and being expedient and cheap is more important then proper business controls. I notice that at least one shop, a bank and I think an i5 shop, understood what good business practices means and had many controls in place to protect assets and force serious collusion to "steal" or harm assets without anyone knowing.
It is a shame that most i5-centric folks on here sneer at such things and think their system and "business practices" superior.
If you do what the auditor suggests, if you can afford it, you'll be in better stead over time and pass your audits when it comes to good business and IT practices.
Sincerely,
David Odom
Arizona
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