Security for CICSPlex SM

This part describes how to implement security for CICSPlex® SM.

Implementing CICSPlex SM security
To implement CICSPlex SM security using RACF, you must determine who needs access to the various CICSPlex SM functions. You must also perform a number of tasks to define CICSPlex SM class names and resource names, as well as activating security and refreshing RACF profiles.
Invoking a user-supplied external security manager
CICSPlex SM provides an interface to an external security manager (ESM), which can be user-supplied or can be Resource Access Control Facility (RACF).
Example tasks: security
The following information provides examples of typical security setup tasks that you can use as a model for your own.

Parent topic: Securing