Debbie, Sorry not trying to teach you to suck eggs. Re: "Separation of Duties". From the CISSP prep guide (krutz). The 'IS security professional' should only not be the person who authorises access, but 'are delegated the responsibility for implementing and maintaining security by senior level management. Their duties include design, implementation, management, and review of the org. sec policy, standards, guidelines and procedures'.
The 'data owner' authorises the information classification level. Therefore executive or senior management are 'assigned the overall responsibility for the security of information. They may delegate the function of security but they are viewed as the end of the food chain when liability is concerned'. If they are liable, they must be the ones who authorise access. I would suggest, in a large organisation, this should be the CIO/CTO or IT director who represents IT at the board level. I would resist all attempts to sign your name against giving access. I suspect, internal/external auditors would also find it unacceptable. Regards James --- Debbie Torri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I currently approve of all production changes to our > firewalls (internet and dmz) and also approve all VPN > request for for external companies that want access into > our network. We have 12 firewalls and about 700 > production servers (Unix and Windows). > > This is my question: Do you do this as part of your job? > I have no clue if this a normal task done by other > security professionals. What are the pro's and con's of > doing this. > > --- > Debbie Torri CISSP > Norwest Industries > Denver, Colorado > --- > Debbie Torri CISSP > Norwest Industries > Denver, Colorado > > > Need a new email address that people can remember > Check out the new EudoraMail at > http://www.eudoramail.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > SurfControl E-mail Filter puts the brakes on spam, > viruses and malicious code. Safeguard your business > critical communications. Download a free 30-day trial: > http://www.surfcontrol.com/go/zsfsbl1 > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- SurfControl E-mail Filter puts the brakes on spam, viruses and malicious code. Safeguard your business critical communications. Download a free 30-day trial: http://www.surfcontrol.com/go/zsfsbl1
