In this case, there was no game-playing. We had an agency using our system that wanted to create only a small number of IDs and have all their staff share those IDs. When we informed them that it was contrary to our policy, they wanted the "chapter and verse". Due to personnel turn-over, we were having trouble finding it, so the question was sent to the auditor. Her response was relayed to the requestor, and that was the end of that idea.
I have missed her on the last two audits. David Mueller | Systems Programmer | DMS/CITS Phone: 850-414-9134 (Rm 107 SRC) | Fax: 850-921-8343 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kirk Talman Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 4:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Good Auditors (was: Vary devices online and offline) There was a book titled "Games People Play." It can be very effective to ask an auditor (in a less than direct way) to play the game found in the book called "Let's you and him/her fight" to achieve your goals that involve uncooperative or not knowledgeable persons, particularly those not in your chain of command. One person I work with is very effective at this. Not everyone appreciates her talent. IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 08/28/2007 12:36:15 PM: > We had a good auditor working for the State of Florida > ... She also made it easy to shut someone up who wanted > to ignore some policies. > David Mueller | Systems Programmer | DMS/CITS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
