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I think the problem is that the policy owner is seriously (and maybe
overly) concerned with the perceived ramifications of SOX, and has set
the policy higher than (actually) necessary. The amount of money and
effort being spent on this (that I can see) is mind blowing... 

We have security policies, but the main reason I put forward the inquiry
was to get exactly what I got - input, outside our box... 

Thank you. Keep it up! 

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: security400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:security400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Patrick Botz
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 2:00 AM
To: Security Administration on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: [Security400] Journal Receiver Retention for SOX...

WARNING SOAPBOX

This is another example of why companies need to have written security
policies.  Policies define, among other things, the organization's
interpretation of SOX. If SOX (or any other regulation/standard) does
not specifically mandate settings (and most don't, or only in a very few
instances), then as long as a system administrator has implemented the
organization's policies, the auditor has to argue with the policy owner.

I understand that many companies and system administrators assume --
incorrectly -- that sysadmins are responsible for defining policy. But
that's one of the main reasons for SOX.  SOX is an attempt to make the
rightful owners of policy legally responsible for policy (not to mention
its implementation). Corporate officers or management are ultimately
responsible for defining which employee roles are allowed to perform
which functions on which business assets for which purpose.  System
administrators are only responsible for ensuring those policies are
enforced on their systems.

For example, it is management's responsibility to declare that only
accounting department employees are allowed to use the HR salary
database using the payroll application in order to print payroll checks.
It's the system administrator's responsibility to implement appropriate
security mechanism in order to enforce this policy.

It follows that it is management's responsibility to define/declare data
retention periods, etc...

From a sysadmins point of view: Got Policy? Don't Got SOX issue...

END SOAPBOX

Patrick Botz
Senior Technical Staff Member
IBM Lab Services, Rochester
Security Architecture & Consulting, i5/OS Security Architect
(507) 253-0917, T/L 553-0917
CTC Fax # 507-253-2070
email: botz@xxxxxxxxxx

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