Of course not! Most auditors that I've had the misfortune to interact with directly are like politicians. They have the "bright ideas" based on "fundamental truths". But if they don't work, it's because the people who implemented them (us) are idiots and incompetents.
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) > Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 8:09 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Malicious Software Protection > > In <2664962449864714.wa.gdornerwpsic....@bama.ua.edu>, on 03/27/2012 > at 10:06 AM, Greg Dorner <gdor...@wpsic.com> said: > > >Our auditors are insisting that we install a product that protects > >against malicious software (viruses, worms, trojans, etc.). > > What are the politics? Are the auditors willing to assume liability if > the hypothetical package is itself a security problem? > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT > ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html> > We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. > (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
