Auditing

The Data Mover allows for total manipulation of data within PeopleSoft. You can use it to transfer data among PeopleSoft databases, regardless of operating system and database vendor. To state that Data Mover scripts need to be carefully secured is...

When performing a PeopleSoft security audit Integrigy carefully reviews batch processing activity generated through the Process Scheduler. Of particular focus is who has access to administer the Process Scheduler and reviewing batch jobs to identify...

When performing a PeopleSoft security audit, reconciling users should be one of the first tasks. This includes default accounts created through the installation of PeopleSoft as well as user accounts associated with staff, vendors and customers....

Jolt along with Tuxedo supports PeopleSoft web requests. Specifically, Jolt is the layer between the application server and the web server. It is also described as a Java-enabled version of Tuxedo. When performing a PeopleSoft security audit,...

PeopleSoft Public users are not required to authenticate (sign on). These are generic accounts created for specific purposes, for example informational pages and/or company directories. Public users are also not subject to timeouts (session...

Being hospitable and welcoming to guests is usually considered good manners.  That said, being a gracious host does not mean you should be careless with your security. With regard to PeopleSoft application security, the user GUEST is a...

When performing a PeopleSoft security audit, reviewing what rights and privileges individual users have been granted for system and application security privileges (authorization) is one of the key deliverables. The following are several of the...

Logging and auditing are one of the pillars of PeopleSoft Security.  Both application and database auditing is required. Logging and auditing support a trust-but-verify approach which is often deemed required to secure the activities of...