I worked at a bank as an engineer and while some people did have _read_ access on certain databases, anything PII or otherwise highly sensitive would require sp

I worked at a bank as an engineer and while some people did have _read_ access on certain databases, anything PII or otherwise highly sensitive would require special approvals and such approval would only be granted in 1 hour intervals. Write access generally required submitting the specific update query for approvals and was highly discouraged.