HMRC Fiasco: Am I Being Naiive?

[threaded]

It would be even easier than that using some kind of query management tool (for use by dumbos or management). And with anything other than a Mickey Mouse data management system, the IT department/DB team would have created ‘views’ to restrict access to sensitive data and grant it only to authorised personnel.

They do have that, and it was only authorised personnel.

That you or I would not authorise them through the front gates, yet the government do, is the problem.

[TheFaQQer]

Viz Top Tip:

Rather than send the 50 records requested, why not send all 50,000,000 records and then have the recipient delete all the ones they don't want.

HTH

[TimberWolf]

They do have that, and it was only authorised personnel.(

There's column level security as well as row or DB level. That is, that credit card details should have different access rights and seperate views to name and address details.

[tay]

I don't know - the Mr Bean comment seems to have hit the mark

The Mr Bean comment was classic, I think it will stick as well. Nightmare for the Brown PR team

[TimberWolf]

Viz Top Tip:

Rather than send the 50 records requested, why not send all 50,000,000 records and then have the recipient delete all the ones they don't want.

HTH

Wot no letter further down the page detailing the consequences of said action, vis-à-vis Viz top tips

[MobileCheese]

To be honest after having to deal with EDS at one client I can see why they didnt want to bother using them and why it was so expensive.

[BoredBloke]

To be honest after having to deal with EDS at one client I can see why they didnt want to bother using them and why it was so expensive.

I could agree with that comment if it wasn't the government who picked them in the first place.

[tim123]

Andy White from the PCG?

What skillset exactly does he contract in?

I can't remember, but it wasn't anything to do with programming computers, so I don't understand Tony's post.

tim

[BoredBloke]

It's not the same Andy White! There are more than one of them in this world.

Wendigo100 and me used to work at a site with this guy.

[Bluebird]

...and why in the hell were they "sent" in the post - surely they could have gone via some secure server to server process ?

afterall isn't it'the governemnts wish that all it's departments are e-enabled ?