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zSecure Audit

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...
about 2 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 ...
about 1 year ago in zSecure / zSecure Audit Future consideration

Provide ability to specify where to find SSH configuration for STIG reporting

I've been pointed to documentation and told that currently the STIG check RACF-SH-000010 will default to /etc/ssh for the configuration file even though we start SSH pointing to a script in a different location that specifies a different path to t...
about 1 year ago in zSecure / zSecure Audit Future consideration

zSecure Audit - CIS Benchmark - CIS-OS-1.2.12 Expired Certificate - show label

While the current control CIS-OS-1.2.12 checks for expired certificates it only lists the 'real' resource with the serial number. However, like IP addresses they do not mean a lot for an end user. Hence, I would suggest that not only the serial nu...
about 1 year ago in zSecure / zSecure Audit Future consideration

lookup to a filtered newlist (name) as an alternative to a newlist type

When you have a user ID or a group name in a field, for example the high level qualifier in newlist type=DSN, you can look up the OWNER of the ID by writing QUAL:OWNER or QUAL:RACF.OWNER. You can even use the lookup in a SELECT command: SELECT QUA...
about 1 year ago in zSecure / zSecure Audit Future consideration

Modify RA.3.4 Report to show when a User has multiple groups that grant access to a profile.

When using RA.3.4 to list a User's access via direct permit or connect (Option2), the report does not indicate that the user may have access to the same resource via multiple groups. Would like to see a version of the code to be able to show the r...
almost 2 years ago in zSecure / zSecure Audit Future consideration

Provide Size/Number of Bytes of Encrypted vs NonEncrypted Data

I am working with a Federal Client in the US assisting in their encryption project. Early on we were looking for a mechanism to track progress of encryption. They wanted to see both the number of files encrypted vs files yet to encrypt, but also, ...
about 1 year ago in zSecure / zSecure Audit Future consideration

Allow ALLOC FILEDESC=nn for INPUT files

CARLa command ALLOC FILEDESC=nn PIPE=YES is documented to support (only) TYPE=OUTPUT. We would like to use zSecure to read and process data from a a data provider in z/OS UNIX, using a pipe, so we would like to be able to use: DEFTYPE TYPE=$PIPEAL...
6 months ago in zSecure / zSecure Audit Future consideration

ALLOC TYPE=OUTPUT option to conditionally create output data set

The ALLOC TYPE=OUTPUT DSN=xxxx command fails when the given dsn doesn't exit. It only works when NEW is added. ALLOC TYPE=OUTPUT DSN=xxxx NEW fails (obviously) when the dsn already exists. Provide an alternative disposition, e.g., ENSURE, NEW(IFMI...
6 months ago in zSecure / zSecure Audit Future consideration

zSecure - Matching SMF Field-Names to zSecure Names

It is, to put it politely, a nightmare to locate the zSecure field name, when one has the SMF field name (from the SMF or IP manuals). SCKRCARL(CKADFTCP) helps in locating the zSecure field names, but that's all. To make life a lot easier, why not...
over 2 years ago in zSecure / zSecure Audit Future consideration

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