> This got rejected immediately, and our IT literally cited "no database installations are allowed per security team." This is common enough across a variety o

> This got rejected immediately, and our IT literally cited "no database installations are allowed per security team." This is common enough across a variety of organizations (I've certainly run into the same issue at several large-ish companies) and isn't necessarily unreasonable... if IT also provides a process for getting what you need with their oversight/help (bonus if some part of the IT team actually has skills to do audits rather than cargo culting off a checklist).