> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On > Behalf Of Mark Post > Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 11:25 PM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: Where does "games" come from? > > >>> On 11/2/2009 at 11:53 PM, Jack Woehr <j...@well.com> wrote: > -snip- > > I have peered the glass house environment, but never really > grokked it. > > It's got nothing to do with the "glass house." I ran into > the same mind set more with UNIX auditors than I ever did > with mainframe auditors. At that time, mainframe auditors > largely knew what they were doing, whereas most UNIX auditors > didn't seem to (as much). Not to say there wasn't more > emphasis on smaller stuff than necessary, but by and large > they weren't bad. It was the open systems auditors that had > the long, long list of hard and fast rules that no one could > argue with. > > > Mark Post
This sort of thing comes up on the z/OS RACF forum with distressing regularity. The "smart money" always responds that the auditor is not the maker of the rules / policies. The auditor is supposed to get a list of the company rules / policies and simply confirm that the department being audited either does or does not pass the audit with documentation when it does not. Unfortunately, auditors of today have become "activist judges" who are making laws from the bench. And corporate management is letting them do it (likely because corporate management doesn't know how to manage anymore). -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
