Cursusbeschrijving: Effective RACF Administration

This course prepares you to be a more effective security administrator as you gain experience and confidence in using the RACF component of the z/OS Security Server. To reinforce lectures, the course offers hands-on exercises where you use the RACF component of the z/OS Security Server to define users, set up group structures, define general resources, protect z/OS data sets, and use several RACF utilities.

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Roadmaps:

• Security Skills
• Security Skills

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People who are new to the RACF component of the z/OS Security Server, and responsible for security administration. This includes people who are planning to implement RACF for the first time, and people who are security administrators in installations where RACF is already implemented. Those inexperienced z/OS users may find the course ES19 "Basics of z/OS RACF Administration" more appropriate.

Anyone planning to implement the advanced features of RACF should consider attending ES84 "Implementing RACF Security for CICS ", and ES88 "Exploiting the Advanced Features of RACF ".

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You should be familiar with the facilities of the system, logging on to TSO and using ISPF. A knowledge of resources like data sets, DASD volumes, and programs is required to get the most benefit from the course. This knowledge could be obtained by attending Fundamental System Skills in z/OS (ES10), or consider taking the Basics of z/OS RACF Administration (ES19) instead of this course. The course ES19 spends the first day covering these prerequisites and provides a more basic understanding of RACF than Effective RACF Administration (BE87).

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• Identify the security requirements of a system
• Evaluate the facilities and options of RACF
• Define users to RACF
• Set up a RACF group structure
• Use RACF to protect resources
• Select options to tailor RACF
• Evaluate and implement RACF database and perfrormance options
• Identify tools available for auditing
• Administer the system so that it is consistent with the installation's security goals

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• RACF overview
• Groups and Users
• Protecting data sets
• Protecting general resources
• RACF options
• Exits and Utilities
• Auditing the RACF environment
• Protection of JES system facilities
• RACF and storage management
• RACF database tables and performance options
• Security classifications

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Students who need to use IBM Security zSecure could attend one or more of the zSecure courses a start would be:

• Admin Basic Administration and Reporting (TK261BE)

Students who are using the "IBM Security zSecure"  product in their daily operation for the RACF administrative tasks could benefit from the course IBM Security zSecure Admin: Basic Administration and Reporting (TK261)

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