> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frank Swarbrick > Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 6:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: to share or not to share > > >>> On 8/5/2009 at 3:04 PM, in message > <[email protected]>, Clark Morris > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 5 Aug 2009 11:36:23 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: > > > > In these days of HIPPA, Sarbanes-Oxley (in the US), PIPEDA > (in Canada) > > and various other privacy acts, do you want applications people able > > to read production data? On the other hand how do you re-create > > production problems in test when the obfuscation may also eliminate > > the problem? > > There's the rub. I know there are many vendors out there who > will be glad to help you "scrub" production data for use in > testing, but they all sound like a royal pain in the *!&@# if > you ask me. Until I am absolutely told I cannot use (copies > of) production data in test I will continue to do so. Once I > am told that I will say "sure, tell me how I can do my job > without it and I'll consider it". > > Very sore spot with me. > > Frank
I agree with you. However, in light of all the regulations, I think that this should be restricted to an "as required" situation and not done "as a standard practice". My personal opinion. No reflection on others who may have a different, and equally valid, opinion. -- 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 [email protected] * 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 IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
