Aw: Question To Test My Sanity

This is not so much of a technical question, but more of a procedural question. 

Here’s the back story.  Yesterday, we were told by the Windows Sys Admins that they’ve decided that we (DBAs) are no longer allowed to access databases running on Windows servers directly from our PCs.  We now have to remote into another server, called dbatools, and only from there can we directly access databases.  They’ve loaded our tools (TOAD, PL/SQL Developer, SQL Server Management Studio, etc.) on that server and are in the process of removing our IP addresses from the firewalls on the Windows servers, forcing us to use this one server for all of our access.

When I asked why, the only answer I got was “security”.  What I read into that is “We don’t trust you”.  This is being done without any input from us or any discussion, it’s just happening.

The question:  Has anyone else run into this kind of setup?  Is this a common configuration?

Thank you,

Scott Canaan ‘88
Sr Database Administrator
Information & Technology Services
Finance & Administration

Rochester Institute of Technology
o: (585) 475-7886 | f: (585) 475-7520

srcdco_at_rit.edu | c: (585) 339-8659
 

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