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RE: security against dba´s


From: "Nick Vaernhoej" <nick.vaernhoej () capitalcardservices com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:44:19 -0600

I am curious about the repeated argument "if you don't trust your DBA's, hire/promote someone you can trust".
Is that a common perception?
I am personally of the belief that no one is to be trusted and my system designs should be reflecting this.

Nick

-  -----Original Message-----
-  From: rohnskii () gmail com
-  Subject: Re: security against dba´s
-
-  re your points:
-
-  1- inform all employees, not just DBA
-  2.1- log all access, not just DBA
-  2.2- what sort of access
-
-  Look, if you don't trust your DBA's, hire/promote someone you can
-  trust.
-
-  Another part of the access you should monitor is separate from just
-  the CRUD access to, and monitored by, the DB.  Track files/data
-  downloaded to USB devices, in other words network endpoint control
-  (NAC).
-
-  For example, it could be natural for me as a DBA to Read production to
-  my terminal.  But it is probably NOT natural for me to download the
-  READ data to a USB device.
-
-  Again, that type of access control should not be exclusive to DBA, it
-  should be corporate wide.

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