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zSecurity

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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

improvement for AZFTOTP1 enrollment

Today when you enroll an user for AZTOTP1, you can have 2 ways to add it to your authenticator app on your mobile phone. By default the most are using a QR code, but as alternative you can use the otpauth address by typing it manually into your au...
2 months ago in zSecurity / Z Multi-Factor Authentication 1 Not under consideration

z/Secure to only used required input files

When using z/Secure to look at admin functions, such as RA.U, if there are Access Monitor datasets allocated in the setup files, it'll allocate those even though they are not necessary. The simple answer is to not have those selected, however if t...
5 months ago in zSecurity / zSecure Admin 3 Functionality already exists

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

Report SMF Signature with Carla SMF2(1,2)

Since we are using SMF signing in our systems I tried to report the SMF Record 2(1:2) but haven't found any indication for this in zSecure IN.D 'Data dictionary' as a built in field.
over 1 year ago in zSecurity / zSecure Admin 2 Planned for future release

Reporting on the CSDATA Segment

We use the CSDATA segment heavily on User IDs, so that data about the user is stored on the User ID. We don't have to look up information in some other zOS dataset or some off host repository. But we need to be able to effectively report on that d...
almost 2 years ago in zSecurity / zSecure Admin 0 Planned for future release

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

zSecure - User defined character set for PHRASE when using C4R.USER.=ATTR

With OA64290 the ability was introduced to define in the APPLDATA for C4R.USER.=ATTR PHRASE. That support is great as it allows to generate by default passphrases instead of passwords. However, zSecure generates a passphrase selecting all characte...
over 1 year ago in zSecurity / zSecure Command Verifier 2 Future consideration

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