How to use security request recording

The security request recording facility, also known as SRR, can help diagnose CICS® security issues. SRR extends the assistance that some messages provide by recording security data so that you can better understand security issues that you might encounter in CICS.

Security issues can include various aspects:
  • Problems might extend across one or more regions, one or more LPARS, or even multiple sysplexes.
  • There might not be any messages that are associated with the reason that causes a security failure.
  • An application might grant access to something that it mustn’t.
SRR is designed to help you solve these complex security problems. For example, a support person would add a security request recording and ask the system programmer to review the results to determine whether any security configuration needs adjusting.