[Theforum] root access

[Martin]

On Thursday, April 25, 2002, at 02:06  am, Ron Dorman wrote:

> I have never seen any organization (except very small ones) where the
> steering commitee (corp. officers, Dept heads, committee chairs) had
> root access to the systems the corp. owned (CIO usually does, monkey run
> rep/s).  The decision making group, steering group, very seldom has
> access beyond applications necessary to do their jobs.  We are unique in
> that most of us are more computer savy than average corporate leaders
> but I think we still need the balance, and seperation of powers to keep
> things on an even keel.

I think you're right, Ron, but bearing in mind that the people with
root access are accountable to the steering committee, whose
authority they invoke when they use their access.

Cheers
Martin
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