Thursday, May 31, 2007

SOX compliance used with respect to Oracle database?

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) -> SOX compliance is defined by the corporation referencing a set of internal controls frameworks. SOX compliance should be done in the context for an enterprise-wide SOX initiative.

Security (No Generic ID's, Review of access privileges, Enterprise wide password policy)

Access -> Security -> User Mgmt (Uniqe name for each a/c, password mgmt)
Access -> Security -> Segregation of duties (DEv no access to prod etc)
Access -> Auditing -> Appl/DB/OS auditing

Change Management (everything should be documented and go by ticket or change request systems )

Changes -> Change Management -> Object Migration/Schema Changes
Changes -> Change Management -> Appl configuration/Schema changes
Changes -> Change Management -> Appl Configurigation/DB configurigation
Changes -> Change Management -> Appl/DB/OS Patches

Operations -> Monitoring & Troubleshooting -> Appl/DB/OS
Operations -> Availablity -> Appl/DB/OS

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