z/OS Encryption Readiness Technology (zERT)

z/OS® Encryption Readiness Technology (zERT) is provided by the z/OS V2R3 Communications Server. With zERT, the TCP/IP stack acts as a focal point in collecting and reporting the cryptographic security attributes of IPv4 and IPv6 application traffic that is protected using the TLS/SSL, SSH and IPSec cryptographic network security protocols. The collected connection level data is written to SMF in new SMF 119 subtype 11 records for analysis.

For an expanded zERT overview, along with tables for planning, enabling, and using zERT, refer to z/OS Encryption Readiness Technology (zERT).