Introduction

The zSecure™ CICS® Toolkit enhances the CICS/RACF security features used by many installations. With zSecure CICS Toolkit, CICS Security Administrators can run RACF® commands directly from CICS, eliminating the need to use TSO. Application programs can use zSecure CICS Toolkit for security features instead of having to rely on internal application security functions. In this manner, all security definitions can be maintained centrally, or distributed among security coordinators.

zSecure CICS Toolkit is divided into two parts: the application programming interface (API) and the command interface.

Applications can use zSecure CICS Toolkit for security instead of internal application security. You can maintain all security definitions centrally or distribute them among security coordinators.