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Usage of Software Analyser with EWM EE

When one wants to trigger a scan, the pop-ups expose a view of the EWM folders connected to IDZ. Unfortunately it is not possible to trigger an analysis from these folders
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 2 Not under consideration

Take keys from IBM Cloud under management in EKMF Workstation

want only one central key management system across enterprise and this covers also cloud environment
almost 2 years ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Workstation 0 Planned for future release

Key management support for Saleforce Cloud

US Bank interested in possibility of integrating UKO for z/OS with their Salesforce cloud environment for external key management.
almost 2 years ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Program Analyzer should install custom rules in writeable USS folder and not in usr/lpp/IBM/akg/cr

Currently, the Program Analyzer is installed in /usr/lpp/IBM/akg. This location is read-only, so we cannot save our own rules in /usr/lpp/IBM/akg/cr. The usr/lpp/IBM/akg/cr folder should be moved to a writable location (perhaps /var/...). As a wor...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Not under consideration

ICSF / TKE / EKMF should all use the same VP for the same key type

The Verification Patterns that are used in ICSF, TKE and EKMF should be consistent so that an auditor or key manager would know that they are working with the same Key. There are times when a Key created on the TKE will show one VP method but the ...
about 2 years ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation 0 Future consideration

IDZ Software Analyzer Batch with 5 severity levels

In the IDz Client you have a choice to switch between 3 or 5 levels. This is under "Software Analyzer" -> "Severity Levels". But if you run a Batch Job you can not configure that you have 5 levels in the Rules Dataset.
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Not under consideration

Support specifying key ring owner in configuration

The ablility to use a site certificate and Keyring that has an owner other then the owner running the started task on mainframe. EX: SITEID/Keyringname instead of EKMFweb/Keyringname Sites that run mulitple web servers can use a single Keyring and...
over 2 years ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Web / UKO for z/OS 0 Future consideration

IDZ Software Analyzer Custom Rules - Add in customised message for the rules covering the section

The storage working section might consists of hundred of lines of code and the standard error displayed in this formatting: <File>:<beginning line of section> <rule description>. THis is limitation to look for the line number of ...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Future consideration

Reverse Order Button

When multiple programs thru a batch job or thru a workspace scan the ordering of the results is always the rule and then the underlying programs with their line numbers. It makes more sense if the program is the header and then the metrics or rule...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Not under consideration

Automation of Key Management Operations

#Automation and scheduling As a key manager I need the ability to schedule or delay operations for key activation/deletion/rotation to a specific date and/or time of day. #Theme - Expiry/de-activation/deletion/rotation based on key usage pattern S...
over 4 years ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation 1 Planned for future release