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Assertions/Overrides required for zSCC Goal failures

zSecure Audit use the Assertion/Override concept where a Control Test result can be overriden/justified/asserted to show compliance. Can zSCC provide the same functionality ?
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Security and Compliance Center 0 Under review

Enhance zSCC Dashboard to more timeously/automatically refresh Scan Status

An automatic update will remove the constant refresh-button click.
10 months ago in IBM Z Security and Compliance Center 0 Under review

Please add more SMF 119 fields to the display in EV.I.

More SMF 119 fields would be helpful when checking things like levels of encrytion used. Currently, it appears that all SMF 119 data for a record is displayed on one line but it would probably take multiple lines to show most/all of the SMF 119 data.
4 months ago in IBM Z Security and Compliance Center 0 Submitted

We would like to have support for capturing compliance data from z/OS Connect EE

We would like to have support for capturing compliance data from all infra components/subsystems running on z/OS for all profiles. Especially DORA, CIS and BYO profiles (so host defined and predefined profiles, as it is currently setup in the zSCC...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Security and Compliance Center 0 Future consideration

We would like to have support for capturing compliance data from Liberty on z/OS

We would like to have support for capturing compliance data from all infra components/subsystems running on z/OS for all profiles. Especially DORA, CIS and BYO profiles (so host defined and predefined profiles, as it is currently setup in the zSCC...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Security and Compliance Center 0 Future consideration

We would like to have support for capturing compliance data from WAS on z/OS

We would like to have support for capturing compliance data from all infra components/subsystems running on z/OS for all profiles. Especially DORA, CIS and BYO profiles (so host defined and predefined profiles, as it is currently setup in the zSCC...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Security and Compliance Center 0 Future consideration

More concise description for active DB2 status in DB2 CIS Report scan

The DB2 CIS report contains a control stating whether DB2 is active or not (CIS-DB2-1.1.1:db2_subsystem_active). However in our opinion, the current wording of the control is quite confusing. In our case, DB2 is active but the overall status is se...
9 months ago in IBM Z Security and Compliance Center 0 Submitted

Apply 'Drift-over-time' and Delta reporting not only to same scope but also a different scope.

it is possible to compare compliance from one scan to the next - on the SAME scope. But if example a Scope is one single LPAR, it is now possible to track compliance drift over time on the SAME scope. But if not possible to compare the compliance ...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Security and Compliance Center 0 Future consideration

Granular Goal customisation application

Currently is possible to customize Goal values for some goals. As example the Umask Value in SMF1154_2_FDCFUMASKSTR used by Goal #4002003 - Communications Server FTPSERV. But clients would want to use different values between different Profiles an...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Security and Compliance Center 0 Future consideration

Publish Profile and/or Goal deltas with each new release/fix pack (new goals, new components, etc…)

With zSecure there is now a seperate publication (online accesible link) that tell users what is new or deprecated as far as regulations, etc is concerned. As example : zSecure 310 Compliance Standards (October 2024).pdf . Would it be possible to ...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Security and Compliance Center 0 Future consideration