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Effective RACF Administration

Duration: 5.0 Days

Overview:

Are you already familiar with OS/390 concepts, and need to know about the Resource Access Control Facility (RACF)? Learn to be an effective RACF security administrator, as you gain experience and confidence, in using the RACF element of the OS/390 Security Server. Learn to use RACF to define users, set up group structures, and protect general resources and datasets. Learn all RACF commands for administering users, groups, datasets, and general resources, and all RACF options. Learn RACF functions beyond those covered in Basics of OS/390 RACF Administration (H3917). Hands-on lab projects may be done in teams depending on the number of attendees and location.

Who Should Take This Course:

Individuals who need a thorough knowledge of the RACF element of the OS/390 Security Server, and who have responsibility for security administration are eligible. This includes security administrators, security auditors, and OS/390 system programmers.

Inexperienced OS/390 users should take Basics of OS/390 RACF Administration (H3917).

What You Are Taught:

• Evaluate the facilities and options of RACF
• Define users to RACF
• Set up a RACF group structure
• Use RACF to protect resources
• Select options to tailor RACF
• Identify tools available for auditing
• Understand how OS/390 components interface with RACF
• Digital Certificates
• Identify RACF Utilities and their functions
• Understand how the RACF database is defined, and recommend performance options

Topics Include:

• RACF Overview
• Users and Groups
• Protecting MVS data sets
• Defining general resources
• RACF Database, Tables, and Performance Options
• RACF System Options
  
• RACF exits and utilities
• Auditing the RACF environment
• Digital Certificates
• Overview of security controls for MVS and JES system facilities
• Storage management considerations