z/OS: Security Server (RACF) Administration

Course Overview

This course provides the necessary background knowledge required to administer users and protected resources using the RACF security package. It also covers the commands used to set up and modify RACF objects such as Users, groups, dataset and general resource profiles.

You do not need to attend the RACF Fundamentals course if you are booking this course - the first day covers the fundamentals.

Audience

Security Administrators, Auditors and Systems Programmers.

Skills Gained

Upon completion of this course, the attendee will be able to use both TSO commands and ISPF panels to create and administer users, groups, dataset and general resource profiles; select the appropriate profile to protect a particular dataset or resource and allow a user or group of users the appropriate level of access.!

By The End Of This Course You Will Have Learned

How to identify users, processes and resources to RACF and how to administer them.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with TSO and ISPF.

Course Outline

• RACF system wide options
• Users and groups
• Defining users and groups; connecting users to groups; attributes and authorities; users and groups in access lists; list-of-groups checking
• Datasets profiles
• Generic and discrete profiles; access lists and levels of access; giving users access to datasets
• General resource profiles
• Generic and discrete profiles; resource grouping classes; global access checking
• Delegating administration
• Administering RRSF
• RACF utilities used in administration

z/OS: Security Server (RACF) Administration / CM110 (CM110GB)