Re: Conflict of interests

[David Schekaiban <david () codigoverde com>]

If you formally request and log your actions I don't think there would be a 
problem. The conflict of interests problem is usually something we see with 
coders. You can't, for example, code and test and approve something.

If you are on the security team, you should get permission from the IT guys 
and the audit team to use root privileges to test and try something.

Hope this helps and remember, whenever doing penetration and vulnerability 
testing you should have FORMAL authorization from management. This is 
sometimes called "get out of jail" card, so keep it in mind.

Best regards,

DS

On Monday 04 May 2009 13:16:45 s0h0us () yahoo com wrote:
> As a security guy, not part of the IT department, I require a level of
> access in order to perform my job. Certain types of tools require
> privileged access in order to work. Like having domain admin access and/or
> similar privileged access for unix and linux systems. Is it reasonable to
> request this type of access without causing any type of conflict of
> interest that internal auditors might question? I guess audit trails would
> come in handy here. Thanks for the feedback.
>
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