IBM zSecure Manager for RACF z/VM - Overview
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Overview:
Enhance RACF network security management in a VM environment
IBM Security zSecure Manager for RACF z/VM is part of the IBM Security zSecure suite, which helps improve the efficiency and maintainability of the mainframe security environment. The product provides auditing and administration functions for the z/VM RACF environment that allow you to:
Highlights
- Automate complex, time-consuming security management tasks with simple, one-step actions that you can perform without a detailed knowledge of RACF commands.
- Identify and prevent problems in RACF before they become a threat to security and compliance.
- Reduce the burden of database consolidation.
- Create comprehensive audit trails without substantial manual effort.
- Generate customized audit reports with flexible schedule and event sections.
- Use archived data or the latest live data.
Features:
Designed for your needs
Simplify security administration through automation
Read and update the RACF database directly from an OS-formatted disk or a copied database. Query file access and special users' password changes. Analyze System Management Facility (SMF) data from live or archived sources. Quickly view and interact with live event information.
Analyze RACF profiles to get fast answers
Identify RACF issues on z/VM such as missing definitions and inconsistencies to address security threats. Monitor privileged users to confirm proper account deletions and product integration, preventing vulnerabilities for exploitation.
Lower breach risks with automated analysis and reporting
Detect and block unauthorized admin commands that can modify or delete all profiles in their area. Validate command keywords instantly against set policies to prevent user mistakes, even if commands are from batch jobs or the operator console.
Customize reports to meet your specific needs
Report capabilities include generating reports in XML, importing data into databases and reporting tools, and viewing data in Microsoft Internet Explorer or Excel. Managers can sort, annotate and centrally distribute audit reports to decentralized groups.
Merge security rules from different databases
Copy or move users, groups, resources, applications or whole databases, and rename IDs within the same database. Produce reports in email format daily, on a custom schedule, only when specific events occur or when there is a security breach. Modify displays and reports by using CARLa Auditing and Reporting Language (CARLa).
Support external files of existing data
Filter external supplementary information from existing data sources and corporate applications (such as unit, department and personnel data) and present it alongside the technical data from z/VM and IBM RACF in automatically generated reports.
Benefits:
Automate routine tasks
Simplify security administration tasks with easy one-step actions, no RACF knowledge required.
Minimize mainframe threats
Quickly assess z/VM data, detect threats, fix issues, and rank issues by audit priority.
Have a single source of truth
Merge security rules from different databases and rename IDs within the same database.
Verify security effectiveness
Perform—when merging—extensive consistency checks and report potential conflicts.
Specifications:
Technical specifications
IBM zSecure V2.2.1 updates compatibility with various products, applications and standards, such as CA ACF2, CA Top Secret, IBM® MQ, ICSF, Windows server, PCI-DSS and DISA STIGs.
Software requirements
An IBM® z Systems® server that can support z/OS® V2.1 or later versions, such as IBM z/OS V1R12, V1R13 and V2R1.
Hardware requirements
A supported IBM z Systems server that can support z/OS V2.1 or later.
Documentation:
Download the IBM zSecure Manager for RACF z/VM - Overview (.PDF)
Pricing Notes:
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