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Created by Guest
Created on Mar 21, 2011

Validate console command based on OPERCMDS access

Hi,
Omeg MVS is a powerfull tool. I think a great enhancement should be implemented to improve its security. We have to comply to many laws and everything turns around security, resources access... For example, our console operators loggued to the system console and have their restriction based on OPERCMDS resources accesses. Today security is everywhere giving access to only what users need is mendatory. Giving
access according to the stc accesses, like Omeg for MVS did, is almost like using generic account except that we'll be able to identify who did what. But the idea is not to be reactive but proactive and prevent unauthorised usage not
to detect it !!
I understand that Omeg MVS do not (as I think it should) have option to
authorized command based on user access. Is it thinkable having IBM provide a sample exit adding this validation ? or, even better, implement an option to force validation based on RACF (SAF) resources ? I'm pretty sure almost all your customers will consider using this at some point. Mainframes goes with large companies and most of it have auditors constraint. They (auditors) are going deeper and deeper each year in MVS system (in all systems in fact) and at some point, this way of doing security will be unacceptable. IBM have one of the most robust security system (RACF), I think your tools should rely on it !

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Jun 19, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - zSeries Software
    Product - Tivoli OMEGAMON XE on z/OS

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Tivoli
    Product family - Performance Monitoring
    Product - Tivoli OMEGAMON XE on z/OS

  • Guest
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    Apr 11, 2011

    Our default security exits (for RACF, ACF2, and Top Secret) already provide for individual rules for each specific OMEGAMMON command that the site can secure for each user.

    There are some commands (like OCMD) that let you issue z/OS commands. so just controlling the OCMD command is not enough. You want to be able to specifically control what z/OS command the user is issuing via the OCMD command. We believe that is what is being referred to with OPERCMDS. For that case, we have a technote with sample code that shows how to access the OCMD command parameters, so that you can interrogate and secure the z/OS commands as well. That technote is 1199624. We believe this request is available currently and this RFE will be resolved.