IBM Security zSecure 2.1 has become generally available on 09/06/2013. You can read the US announcement letter here.

Notable features include:

* a user interface to ease rule-based compliance reporting against standards such as DISA-STIG (the Security Technical Implementation Guide from the Defense Information Systems Agency) and GSD331/ISeC (a global services document with security controls documentation from IBM).

*automatic collection of DB2 catalog resource data including databases, table spaces, storage groups, sequences, stored procedures, and Java archives, with extensive analysis capabilities for DB2 access control lists for both DB2 internal and external (RACF) security

*digital certificate and token management capabilities including certificate templates, advanced search criteria, and extended work flows for improved security and reduced complexity

* enhancements to the zSecure Admin Access Monitor component, including for user ID tracking and access simulation to support ID usage reporting and access restructuring

* ability to configure site-specific scripts for use from the zSecure Visual (decentral administrator's) user interface

 

In addition, this release further extends the integration between zSecure and IBM Security QRadar SIEM, including with log data from IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager and Linux for System z [1]. 

 

This release provides currency with z/OS V2R1.

Edit: The latest information on zSecure for z/VM at the time of original publication is here. There is now a newer release.

Questions can be posted on the zSecure forum on developerWorks. You can also visit the zSecure community and wiki.

 

[1] If you have the auto-update feature of QRadar SIEM enabled, the required upgrades to the z/OS DSM should be done seamlessly.

Etiquetas:  access_monitor z/os racf systemz siem security zsecure compliance windows ism mainframe servicemanagementconnect isklm qradar db2