Re: Guidance on user deletion

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Wetmore, Matthew (CTR)" <Matthew(dot)Wetmore(at)evernorth(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Guidance on user deletion
Date: 2024-05-10 19:01:55
Message-ID: CAKFQuwaD09pSsUuuxt74UnS_a4hZozqC4JRAEf1Y-mAYY4n+fg@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, May 10, 2024, 11:37 Wetmore, Matthew (CTR) <
Matthew(dot)Wetmore(at)evernorth(dot)com> wrote:

> Corporate env.
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> I’ve searched for an official BestPractice on user deletion (leave
> company), but can’t find anything that is official-ish.
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> Two options:
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> 1. Change user psswd to nonsense, then expire account.
> 2. DROP user.
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> There are +/- to both.
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> I prefer #1, as it gives the exact timestamp of expire (protects company
> and ex-employee), but corporate auditors disagree.
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> What do you do? Any official guidance on this?
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Use proper off-machine audit logs to make the auditors happy then drop
stuff no longer has relevance.

David J.

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