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STIG Rule RACF-ZO-000010 not working because we use different names for procs, we need a new member IZUPROC

Our procs for zosmf are as follow : ZOSMFANG ZOSMF But zSecure is expecting IZUANG& and IZUSRV1 so the check is not working. Coudl you create a member called IZUPROC where we could describe the procedure names that we use in our bank ?
6 days ago in zSecure / zSecure Audit Submitted

STIG rule RACF-ES-SH00010 , zSecure should automatically which config files are being used by SSH instances

Today, Stig rule checks some files used by SSH, the files checked MUST be in /etc/ssh. However, we plan to have multiple instances of SSH daemons , plus, we have changed the path for the config files, we stor them in /etc/sshadm. That means the ru...
19 days ago in zSecure / zSecure Audit Submitted

add CKACUST member to code VTAMPROC=NET for Trusted list STC (stig ES000130)

For ES000130 (trusted STC), we get a non-compliant object for our STC NET whihc is VTAM. We don't want to rename our STC so we were wondering if we could have a CKACUST member in which we could code VTAMPROC=NET , this memeber would then be read b...
about 2 months ago in zSecure / zSecure Audit Under review

zSecure Audit - CIS-OS-4.3 shall consider DFP datatag value for classification

As the RACF DFP-Segment offers the capability to add a (custom) datatag of SENSITIVE, NONSENSITIVE or UNKNOWN (by default) the classification rule should take this also into account and not only the 'sensdsn' field. Hence it shall report a dataset...
2 months ago in zSecure / zSecure Audit Under review

zSecure - Add or Update existing AU.V 'Not empty' report to include MQM queues

We appreciate the capability provided by zSecure Audit 'Verify' to find 'Not empty' profiles and keep the database in a clean state.However, this report is limited for dataset (profiles) only. To keep the database in a clean state we would appreci...
4 months ago in zSecure / zSecure Audit Future consideration

zSecure - Add or Update existing AU.V 'Not empty' report to include DB2 files

We appreciate the capability provided by zSecure Audit 'Verify' to find 'Not empty' profiles and keep the database in a clean state.However, this report is limited for dataset (profiles) only. Since we migrated all our DB2 access profiles from Db2...
6 months ago in zSecure / zSecure Audit Future consideration

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 ...
over 1 year ago in zSecure / zSecure Audit Future consideration

Markdown file for IBM Redbooks and other mainframe documentation

This is not specific to zSecure but for overall IBM documentation. PDFs or weblink are fine, however they aren't that useful for AI to consume. For AI readability and easier consumption - request is to generate .md files for the upcoming IBM docum...
3 months ago in zSecure / zSecure Audit Under review

New/Updated RACF tests for Guardium that align with IBM's CIS guidance for DB2 z/OS

All federal agencies have to comply with STIG/CIS guidance to harden database systems. This includes privileges. IBM worked with CIS to develop guidance for DB2 z/OS which impacts RACF privileges assigned to DB2 z/OS databases. zSecure Audit for R...
over 2 years ago in zSecure / zSecure Audit Planned for future release

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...
12 months ago in zSecure / zSecure Audit Under review

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