Re: IT Separation of Duties question

[randy <marchany () VT EDU>]

If you're going to give people admin privileges on any machine, they need
to be properly trained.  I use the analogy of a piece of construction
equipment. Just because I know how to drive a stick shift vehicle doesn't
mean I can drive a big construction shovel machine.  As a former sysadmin
(25yrs), I shudder hearing developers are going to be admins w/o training
AND developers would feel the same if a bunch of admins were told to be
developers.

Poorly trained technical staff (admin, dev, user) is a greater threat to an
org than any hacker.  So, if your mgt wants to fund training for devs to be
admins, then prove it by paying for the training.

-Randy Marchany
VA Tech IT Security Office and Lab

On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 1:35 PM Jamie Schademan <Jamie.Schademan () cwu edu>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
>
> Because of a turnover in our System Administrator position for PeopleSoft
> (patching, upgrade, moves to production), we (security) are being asked to
> allow a number of our PeopleSoft developers to have access to do the admin
> job function.  I have provided information to leadership about the
> violation of Segregation of Duties, the ISACA SoD in IT Matrix, and other
> arguments for not doing this.
>
>
>
> For reference we have an application group of approximately 23 people.  My
> recommendation has been to provide someone with the opportunity to upgrade
> into the PeopleSoft System Admin role, but that has not been well
> received.  They would just like to just have developers also do system
> admin work.
>
>
>
> Can I get your input and experiences on this?
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>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Jamie
>
>
>
> Jamie Schademan
>
> CISM, MSIT, MSCS
>
> Chief Information Security Officer
>
> Information Security Services
>
> Central Washington University
>
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