Oops I did it again: Placing blame on ERP data security failures

June 6 2017

Last week there was story about a newly hired junior developer who managed to accidently delete their company's production database. The developer was setting up their environment and instead of entering a URL/User Name/Password specific to them, they used the example in the documentation which was tied to production. This overwrote the production database with test data. Apparently, the backups weren't restoring either. The junior developer was fired. You can read more of the story here.

About Mark Polino

Mark Polino is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a former Microsoft MVP (2007-2018) for Business Solutions. He is the author or coauthor of 5 books related to Microsoft Dynamics GP.  Mark also maintains the Dynamics GP focused website DynamicAccounting.net. He speaks and writes regularly about ERP related topics. Mark has been a controller and CFO for a division of a publicly traded company and he has  worked as a consultant implementing ERP solutions. Mark holds additional certifications including Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP), Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) , Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). Dynamics Credentialed Professional for Dynamics GP 2015 (Core Install and Core Financials), Xero Certified. He holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Central Florida and an MBA from Rollins College. Mark lives with his family in Florida.

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