(Begin rant) I beg to differ. Although you speak the reality, auditors are not supposed to *enforce* anything IMHO. Only *report* their findings.
Anything else is a conflict of interest at best. (End rant) The very best of the season to you, yours, and theirs. May you find the coming year to be your best ever. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 4:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [SPAM] Re: What do you name your Operational Datasets? In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 11/22/2006 at 03:29 PM, "Van Dalsen, Herbie" said: >Isn't it just amazing how much power the >Auditors have nowadays, a power-freak's heaven... Yes, the auditors have a lot of power, and some of them apply it without knowing what they're doing, but they also have constraints. If you're in a regulated industry then you need to know the regulations insofar as they affect security. An auditor who enforces Federal regulations that apply is not thereby anal retentive; he's doing what he's supposed to be doing. -- 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) NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
