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@(protected) 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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