On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 1:14 PM, Ken Dibble <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm researching health data security issues and came across a requirement > for "immutable" electronic audit trails. > > The people who write these standards can't be serious, can they? There is > no such thing as immutable electronic data. > > Correct. So, you need to determine what the standards are for their "immutable-ish" audit trails. A MySQL Archive database is designed as a write-only data engine. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySQL_Archive) Similar solutions to other folks proposals seem feasible. Sending checksums (or transaction logs) off-site (to another computer) ensure that once an audit record is written, its loss can be detected. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACW6n4vbYCNXUMPp8G0Xz7oKUCzoKzGpfU9FAhKjEnziB6D=2...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
