To maintain a secure environment when using Sybase IQ, system administrators must:
Be aware that Sybase IQ relies on the provided Adaptive Server Anywhere database engine to provide the database functionality.
Be non-hostile, appropriately trained, and follow all administrative guidance.
Ensure that the IT environment provides support commensurate with Sybase IQ expectations.
Ensure that the IT environment provides a time source that creates reliable timestamps. Generally, the hardware provides this.
Ensure that the IT environment protects Sybase IQ and its assets from external interference or tampering.
Provide authorized administrators with the necessary information for secure management of Sybase IQ.
Install, configure, manage, and maintain Sybase IQ according to its technical manuals and support publications.
Follow applicable security policies and Sybase IQ system administration guidelines to establish and maintain security.
Ensure that general-purpose computing capabilities are unavailable on Sybase IQ servers, except for those services needed to operate, administer, and support the data warehouse.
Provide physical security within the domain for the value of the IT assets protected by Sybase IQ and the value of the stored, processed, and transmitted information.
Protect the IT environment and its assets from external interference, tampering, and unauthorized disclosure.
Install, configure, manage, and maintain each IT entity Sybase IQ relies on for security functions in a manner appropriate to the entity and consistent with the security policy of Sybase IQ and the relationship between them.
Ensure that sessions are never left unattended.
