05-16-2007
Short answer: your current security as explained is a violation of Sarbanes-Oxley. Furthermore, if you are publicly traded, you're going to look bad in any sox-compliance audit. Get security help.
Test for publicly traded companies including their contractors, vendors or anyone with system access:
If su or sudo lets somebody, like programmers or accountants or data entry clerks or even the company president, have direct unaudited access to any file or data transmission used for input to or generated by AR, AP... any accounting/financial reporting, then it won't fly.
HIPPA - if sudo lets any non-HR person in my business (or doing work for my business as a consultant, contractor, etc.) lookup somebody else's private records without their prior authorization, then I am not in compliance. That is the test you apply. Private records = medical records, drug test records, insurance information, direct deposit information, etc.
Just get security help. Obviously, your boss does not listen to you. He will be forced to listen when it dings his department's budget. That's how it works in small companies - consultants get listened to.
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