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JohnWeathington |
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 |
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A discussion for DBA's, database developers, and IT management on compliance concerns, observations, issues, and solutions, based on the consulting work of John Weathington. Comments are welcomed! So please let me know what's on your mind, and we'll discuss. |
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When Prevention Fails, What’s Next? |
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
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Okay, we’ve already learned the prevention is the best medicine. But what do we do when we cannot put preventive controls in place? This article answers that question and more, with more examples and data architecture considerations.
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Automated Process Auditing |
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Thursday, June 19, 2008
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In this article, we discuss the importance of understanding your “Really As-Is” process, and the big mistake companies make when building process documents. Then, we explore a data architecture for continuously auditing your process in an automated fashion.
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Prevention over Intervention |
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
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In today’s article, we discuss the different types of controls, the best type of control, and considerations for how these controls can be worked into the data architecture of your company.
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Solving for Data Privacy |
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Thursday, June 05, 2008
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In this article, I scratch the surface on the growing concern of data privacy. We’ll discuss how the industry has reacted to the concern, and how you might start to solution for it.
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How to Deal with Chronic Weakness |
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Tuesday, June 03, 2008
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What do you do when your company consistently has compliance weak points that don’t seem to go away? This article explores this condition, and provides the steps that your company will need to go through – and how you will support it.
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How to Survive an Agile Project as a DBA |
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
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For years now, agile development has been an extremely efficient way to get results while keeping the customer happy. However there are perils, especially for the database people. This article gives you a primer for what to expect, and how to succeed.
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To Write, or Not to Write? Good Question! |
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Thursday, May 08, 2008
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Here we take a look at end users sending data back to the database. Is it a good idea? What are some of the reasons why your end users would want to do this? And, four key tips to consider when designing in this functionality.
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Keep It Under Control With SOD |
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Thursday, May 01, 2008
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For the last couple of weeks we’ve been talking about controls. Here we round out our series by talking about Segregation of Duties ( SOD ) as a way to keep things in control. Here are some key tips for designing systems that demonstrate control with SOD.
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Keep It Under Control With Approvals |
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
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As a follow on to last week’s blog about controlling with reconciliation, in this blog we look at another common control – approvals. Here are some key tips for designing systems that demonstrate control with approvals.
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