The gauntlet has been thrown.

In a fit of frustration I wrote a long (1000 word) e-mail to a few of the managers in my department regarding our Corporate Security policy and the mis-interpretation of said policy by the people put in charge to enforce it. I whole-heartedly agree with our security policy. Unfortunately, the people who enforce it don't understand it, nor do they understand the systems that it was put in place to secure. As a result I have been required to do a large amount of needless, unproductive work.

So the gauntlet has been thrown. I waded through our security policy to discover that the "power's that be" have indeed been misrepresenting it. I quoted the policy line for line, and argued why things don't apply. And if I may say so myself, I was pretty damned convincing.

The whole thing regarding our security policies has been one of the major reasons I've been frustrated with my job. Hopefully now that I have educated myself and those around me as to the letter and spirit of the law rather than the misinterpretation I can get back to enjoying my job.