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zSecure - Events Report enhancement for IP (in and out filters)

The current EV.I report is very helpful to create quickly a good report. It would be extremely beneficial if the filtering of the IP and Port can be better filtered with either local or remote or both.Currently the provided IP address or Port are ...
about 2 months ago in zSecure / zSecure Admin 0 Under review

zSecure - Improve Command generation to delete a contained user

Currently zSecure Panels (when deleting a Userid) offers only the option: 1. Delete userid and override containment protection (Y/N; blank=N) Hence, if the user is contained one can enter Y to let zSecure generate the delete command anyway. Howeve...
about 2 months ago in zSecure / zSecure Admin 0 Under review

zSecure - Add CKGRACF REASON option to all 'command' panels

We rely and use the CKGRACF REASON field for auditing purpose for all commands executed. However, not all Panels do show the option 'QUEUE CKGRACF command (allows use of Reason)' like in Panel C2RP3XCS. The panel appears when one performs updates ...
2 months ago in zSecure / zSecure Admin 0 Future consideration

Give pyRACF similar resources and priority to ZOAU

With Python gaining popularity on z/OS and a new generation of z/OS System Administrators coming onto the platform with prior Python experience, it is important that crucial subsystems like RACF delivers data in JSON format and gives access to qua...
about 1 year ago in zSecure 4 Under review

zSecure - CIS-OS-6.3.3 USS Banner support for multi freeze file input

I have two Systems a) CH01MSYS (M1) and b) CH02MSYS (M2) part of the same complex MAINT. Running the validation for each system individually works as expected. However, in the zOS Sysplex/USS environment the setup is a bit special and the validati...
3 months ago in zSecure / zSecure Audit 0 Under review

zSecure - Supported SMF fields via Carla related to PH63197

We have installed and activated APAR PH63197 for IBM Communication Server (zERT), see: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/PH63197?mhsrc=ibmsearch_a&mhq=PH63197 This introduces new fields and details for certificates, for example: SMF119SS_...
4 months ago in zSecure / zSecure Admin 3 Planned for future release

zSecure - Helpdesk - Add Phrase to helpdesk panel rather than separate one

Currently the Helpdesk panel offers the option to set a new password or phrase for a user. The differentiation between the two is made based on selection of 'Password or phrase'.However, only the 'New password' and 'Verify password' is listed, it ...
about 1 month ago in zSecure / zSecure Admin 0 Planned for future release

Stig RACF-ES-000200 and CICS users

Hi, We run hundreds of CICS regions unser the same Grp , however the STIG rule ES-000200 is as follow : CSVLLAS_uca_permits rule: UPDATE and higher access to a resource protected by a FACILITY class CSVLLA.dsname profile allows users to work with ...
7 months ago in zSecure / zSecure Audit 0 Future consideration

Pervasive Encryption reporting looking to report on Dataset Type and Last Use Date

We would like to be able to SELECT/EXCLUDE on the dataset type so that we can filter the report based on the dataset type. There are some dataset types that are not able to be encrypted, and we would like to filter them out of the reports. We woul...
6 months ago in zSecure / zSecure Admin 0 Under review

MFA User Segment alerts

Hello IBM, Our team thinks the addition of MFA segment related user alerts would benefit zSecure. Currently there are no alerts for adding or deleting MFA Segments on the mainframe and we believe that the addition of this alert would be beneficial...
11 months ago in zSecure / zSecure Alert 3 Future consideration