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OS/390-Z/OS Security, Audit and Control Features
OS/390Z/OS Security Audit and Control Features Author:IT Governance Institute The IBM large-scale mainframe system software, although one of the most stable and certainly the most long-lived of such systems, undergoes constant change and continuous updates. It was know as MVS for many years, until recently it was OS/390 and now is z/OS. The need for security and audit professionals to update their knowledge to correspond ... more »to the current hardware and software levels is more pronounced than ever before. This publication deals with those concepts, components and functions of OS/390 and z/OS that are deemed to be of primary relevance in terms of the security and audit issues. The publication provides a detailed focus on issues such as:
Business drivers and technology considerations
System initialization, security functions, audit tools and methods
Detailed descriptions of new components and functions
Recently added functions, mainly those that permit the use of the Internet, and UNIX functions in the OS/390 environment
Detailed table listings and suggested approaches for testing
The suggested framework for properly controlled and successful implementation
An Internal control questionnaire and detailed audit program.