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zSecurity

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zSecure - Accessing Remote files via CKNSERVE must support DSNPREF

With the recent zSecure 3.1.0 September release availability support for Access Monitor files from Remote Systems via CKNSERVE is available. That function is well appreciated, however it only supports remote files that are fully specified. This fu...
9 months ago in zSecurity / zSecure Admin 0 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...
9 months ago in zSecurity / zSecure Audit 2 Future consideration

IP filter rule enhancement to include IKED (IPsec Policy)

Alert 1615 only covers changes to the IP rules defined in the TCPIP Profile statement IPSEC->IPSECR<-ENDIPSEC. As we are supposed to use Policy Agent to configure IPsec rules, this alert is then kind of 'useless' as this default IPSECR state...
about 1 year ago in zSecurity / zSecure Alert 0 Future consideration

Branding Customization MFA Web Pages

Actually its possible to customize some aspects of webpages like language and html like described on https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zma/2.3.0?topic=customization-translating-customizing-mfa-messages-html , but when its needed to change the stylesheet...
3 months ago in zSecurity / Z Multi-Factor Authentication 0 Future consideration

zSecure - Alert 1115 Too many violations - filter enhancement

Currently Alert 1115 does only allow customization for a) the amount of violations and a.1) specific users being revoked exceeding the limit via option 'Customize alert selection list'. I would suggest there second option to allow excludes for a w...
about 1 year ago in zSecurity / zSecure Alert 1 Future consideration

Add support for DSNPREF for Access Monitor files via CKNSERVE

With version 3.1 Access Monitor files can be accessed via CKNSERVE, however there appears to be no support for DSNPREF.
9 months ago in zSecurity / zSecure Admin 0 Future consideration

Enhancements to Access Monitor Option 3 and Option 8

When using Option 3 or Option 8 to perform inactive permission reporting we are suggesting the following enhancements to Access Monitor. Access Monitor AM.8.1, AM.8.2, and AM.8.3 all produce commands to cleanup profiles, permissions, or connection...
12 months ago in zSecurity / zSecure Admin 0 Future consideration

Need to establish a Permit Creation Date

We are attempting to cleanup the RACF DB of permissions that are inactive. Leaving permissions in place that are not in use can be a security risk. Access Monitor via option AM.8.2 appears to cleanup inactive / unused permissions however there is ...
almost 2 years ago in zSecurity / zSecure Admin 0 Future consideration

Use sysplex wide SMF logstream as input to zSecure Alert

As a user of sysplex technologie (e.g. VTAM generic ressources) in our environments, we see that the functionality of some alerts is limited, if zAlert only analyzes data of one single lpar. The biggest problem we see is in standard alert 1125 (Pa...
almost 3 years ago in zSecurity / zSecure Alert 2 Future consideration

Add diagnostic event logging for Cache Token Credential (CTC) usage

IBM MFA for z/OS provides diagnostic event trace information for many of the various authentication factors that can be configured in this product. We found that authentication factor Cache Token Credential, when using "Cache Token Sharing" set to...
6 months ago in zSecurity / Z Multi-Factor Authentication 0 Future consideration