RE: AD_APPLIED_PATCHES
- From: Rachel Carmichael <wisernet100@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 11:18:55 -0700 (PDT)
My comment at the bank I worked at, when people asked me why I was so
worried about locking down things....
"yes, I am ethical and honest. But it scares the bejesus out of me that
you give me access to systems that move billions of dollars and count
on that fact"
They never did really audit the databases.
Sigh
--- Jared.Still@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Mike,
> >
> > God I love auditors! LOL.
> >
>
> We had PWC auditing us a couple years ago. They had some rather
> vague questions about the DB, so I had to help them define their
> requirements.
>
> I then wrote a script to supply everything they wanted.
>
> The following year, they were back, but this time they had a
> script for me to run. Guess which script it was. ;)
>
> My boss wanted them to pay us for using it, as they were sure
> to be using it elsewhere.
>
> The year after that, the same auditor asked about database access.
>
> To make a long story short, I informed him that I could access
> any data I wanted, I didn't have to tell him about it, and there
> was very little he could do about it.
>
> His reply, "But you wouldn't do that, would you?"
>
> Well, no. But the point was I could. Funny response from an
> auditor.
>
> Jared
>
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