I would respectfully submit that the root problem is personal 'tools' getting into production. That's one reason production ID's should not have access to personal datasets.
Another perspective is that such tools can and should be viewed the same as any other program (or JCL, or source, or whatever), subject to change control, promotion, doc, etc. IMHO, there is still no justification for restrictions on the programmers. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 10:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: protecting ISPF dataset allocations On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:45:55 -0500, Wayne Driscoll wrote: >All the more reason to NOT do this. If you "zealous" programmers are >setting things up to improve their productivity, and as long as you have >adequate security system setup (which, being a bank I would stipulate), >why keep people from doing their jobs to the best of their ability? > But don't overlook process control/documentation. If the personal toolkits of a few programmers, or even only one, become critical to the operation of the organization, those toolkits must be controlled and documented as part of the regular process, lest absence of a single person cause work to stop. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
