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zSecure - Show complete Installation Data in panel C2RP3@@D

Groups Installation Data is cut in panel C2RP3@@D to fixed length of 44 characters. However, the ISPF panel does allow to display much more information. Please see attached screen print. The display of this cut 'InstData' is misleading as it does ...
almost 2 years ago in zSecurity / zSecure Admin 0 Planned for future release

Manage OpenID Connect (OIDC) certificates on RACF/ICSF

As described on https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zma/2.3.0?topic=oidc-performing-sso-by-using-no, "You must have a server certificate and private key. This certificate and private key are for use with the included Node.js application, and you do not ne...
3 months ago in zSecurity / Z Multi-Factor Authentication 0 Planned for future release

zSecure - Do Not Truncate Audit Trail Information

When checking the Audit Trail from a User the details for all group connects and removals are quite large. When displaying the Audit Trail with a 'LU <user>' the Audit Trail is complete and simple to read. As we removed users to perform 'LU'...
almost 2 years ago in zSecurity / zSecure Audit 3 Future consideration

Enhance Alert 1124

We want to exploit the built in zSecure Alert 1124. According to the documentation available here: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/szs/2.5.0?topic=alerts-allowed-ip-address-configuration-1124-2124 it states that only logons to TSO are monitored by a u...
over 2 years ago in zSecurity / zSecure Alert 0 Future consideration

Count down to expiration or generation date/time added to token window

Our out-of-band tokens expire after 4 hours and customers continue to lock themselves out of the system attempting to use expired tokens, not realizing they have expired. Suggesting either having a date/time pasted to the same webpage that the tok...
7 months ago in zSecurity / Z Multi-Factor Authentication 0 Planned for future release

Ability to control multiple Interval values for Password or Phrase Intervals

The profile C4R.USER.PHRINT.owner.userid allows for APPLDATA to be specified where you can control access to the usage of a specific interval or no interval. In our environment I could only use C4R.USER.PHRINT.** but I would need multiple APPLDATA...
almost 2 years ago in zSecurity / zSecure Command Verifier 0 Future consideration

Provide a NEWLIST for all IBM-Defined and Site-Defined Sensitivity Types

Provide a NEWLIST for all IBM-defined and Site-defined Sensitivity Types that lists all sensitivity types, and selected attributes, regardless of the current access entitlements in the ACF2/RACF database.
4 months ago in zSecurity / zSecure Audit 5 Under review

Add support for adding, activating or deactivating MFA factors and Tags

Currently there is no way in zSecure to add, activate, or deactivate factors for MFA. Nor is there a way to add tags. It all has to be done via RACF commands. It would be much more convenient if it could be done within zSecure
over 1 year ago in zSecurity / zSecure Admin 0 Planned for future release

zSecure - Display new Quanum Safe Algorithms as well in help panels

We have setup the SMF signing with the alternate algorithm which is visible in the zSecure RE.K.T panel.However, the 'help' panel for the 'Algorithm' Column does only state:"This 8 character field shows the key use algorithm, such as DES, DES3,AES...
8 months ago in zSecurity / zSecure Admin 0 Not under consideration

Add a table in the documerntation showing relation between the resources protecting the panels (CKR.OPTION.xx.yy) and the resources protecting actions in the panels (CKR.ACTION.xx.yy)

If you want to secure zSecure by panels AND commands, it would be helpful to have a table showing the diffrent relations between panels and actions. Auths are different between RACF admin and auditor and people thet need only to have read access. ...
8 months ago in zSecurity / zSecure Admin 2 Future consideration