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Agenda

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Complimentary Vanguard Software Training
Saturday
9:00am
-
12:00pm
V2
Easing Compliance Effort with Vanguard inCompliance™
9:00am
-
12:00pm
V3
Effective Use of Vanguard Analyzer™
9:00am
-
12:00pm
V4
Effective Use of Vanguard Advisor™
1:30pm
-
4:30pm
V5
Effective Use of Vanguard Enforcer™
1:30pm
-
4:30pm
V6
Effective Use of Vanguard Policy Manager™
1:30pm
-
4:30pm
V8
Effective Use of Vanguard SecurityCenter™
9:00am
-
4:30pm
V1
Effective Use of Vanguard Administrator™

Full Day Training
Sunday
9:00am
-
5:00pm
FD1
Achieving the Independent Auditor's Objectives Using Vanguard Software Solutions
9:00am
-
5:00pm
FD2
zOS® Ethical Hacking (AKA Penetration Testing)
9:00am
-
5:00pm
FD3
Using RACF® for DB2 Security
9:00am
-
5:00pm
FD4
Introduction to RACF®
9:00am
-
5:00pm
FD5
WebSphere Application Server V6 and V7 Security for z/OS®
9:00am
-
5:00pm
FD6
Implementing z/OS® UNIX System Services (USS) Protection
9:00am
-
5:00pm
FD7
Using RACF® for CICS Security and Control

Governance, Risk and Auditing for Compliance (GRA)
Monday
10:30am
-
11:45am
GRA1
The Impact of Security Breach Notification Laws on Information Security Policies
1:00pm
-
2:15pm
GRA2
Risk Assessments for Your Vendors and Business Partners
2:30pm
-
3:45pm
GRA3
Time to Pull Your SOX Up, RACF® Administrator
4:00pm
-
5:15pm
GRA4
Boiling the Ocean of Internet Information
Tuesday
9:00am
-
10:15am
GRA5
Getting in Front of an Audit
10:30am
-
11:45am
GRA6
Identify and Manage Security Exposures in Your Disaster Recovery Strategies
1:00pm
-
2:15pm
GRA7
Capturing Air: Tools and Methods to Make Wireless Assessments a Breeze
2:30pm
-
3:45pm
GRA8
21 Things Auditors Didn't Used to Know About RACF®
4:00pm
-
5:15pm
GRA9
Be Prepared For Your Next RACF® Audit
Wednesday
9:00am
-
10:15am
GRA10
As Cool as ICE!
10:30am
-
11:45am
GRA11
SMF - An Overview
1:00pm
-
2:15pm
GRA12
Busting the Myth - Certifying and Accrediting Your Systems
2:30pm
-
3:45pm
GRA13
RBAC Maturity Model Using COBIT & ISO27002 Controls
4:00pm
-
5:15pm
GRA14
Certifying and Accrediting HIPAA Systems - Where to Begin
Thursday
9:15am
-
10:30am
GRA15
Auditing and Controlling z/OS® UNIX System Services (USS)

Network Risks, Threats and Solutions (NRT)
Monday
10:30am
-
11:45am
NRT1
Ethics - What, Why, When and Whose
1:00pm
-
2:15pm
NRT2
New Potholes on the Road of Mainframe Security
4:00pm
-
5:15pm
NRT4
How to Secure Mainframe FTP
Tuesday
9:00am
-
10:15am
NRT5
Steps to Combating Web Malware
10:30am
-
11:45am
NRT6
Lessons Learned in Malware Defense
1:00pm
-
2:15pm
NRT7
Who Do You Think You’re Fooling? Managing Insider Threat
2:30pm
-
3:45pm
NRT8
Incorporating the 'Human Aspect' into Security
4:00pm
-
5:15pm
NRT9
Mainframe as a Green Machine and More
Wednesday
9:00am
-
10:15am
NRT10
Safe at Home: How to Secure your Home Network and Personal Information
1:00pm
-
2:15pm
NRT12
Identity Theft - Keeping Your Organization Out of the Headlines
2:30pm
-
3:45pm
NRT13
Single/Reduced Sign-on
4:00pm
-
5:15pm
NRT14
From Virtualization versus Security, to Virtualization Based Security
Thursday
9:15am
-
10:30am
NRT15
Process-Centric Security Blueprinting
10:45am
-
12:00pm
NRT16
SOA/XML Threat Model and New SOA/Web 2.0 Attacks/Threats

Crypto on System z (CRP)
Monday
10:30am
-
11:45am
CRP1
Crypto 101
1:00pm
-
2:15pm
CRP2
Overview of Crypto on System z
2:30pm
-
3:45pm
CRP3
Customization of Crypto on System z
4:00pm
-
5:15pm
CRP4
Intro to ICSF
Tuesday
9:00am
-
10:15am
CRP5
Securely Exchanging Data with Business Partners: Encryption Facility for z/OS®
10:30am
-
11:45am
CRP6
Master Key Entry for System z Crypto
1:00pm
-
3:45pm
CRP7-8
Protecting the Tape that Falls Off the Truck: System z Tape Encryption
Wednesday
10:30am
-
11:45am
CRP11
System z Crypto User Experience
1:00pm
-
2:15pm
CRP12
Digital Certificate 101
2:30pm
-
3:45pm
CRP13
RACDCERT Gotchas and Usages
4:00pm
-
5:15pm
CRP14
A Taste of PKI Services - Hands-on Lab
Thursday
9:15am
-
10:30am
CRP15
System SSL and System z Crypto

RACF Administration Basic (RAB)
Monday
10:30am
-
11:45am
RAB1
RACF® Overview
1:00pm
-
2:15pm
RAB2
RACF® Groups
2:30pm
-
3:45pm
RAB3
RACF® Hands-on Lab - RACF Groups
4:00pm
-
5:15pm
RAB4
RACF® Users
Tuesday
9:00am
-
10:15am
RAB5
RACF® Passwords
10:30am
-
11:45am
RAB6
RACF® Hands-on Lab - RACF Users
1:00pm
-
3:45pm
RAB7-8
RACF® and Dataset Protection
4:00pm
-
5:15pm
RAB9
RACF® Hands-on Lab - Dataset Administration
Wednesday
9:00am
-
11:45am
RAB10-11
RACF® and General Resource Protection
1:00pm
-
2:15pm
RAB12
RACF® Hands-on Lab - General Resource Protection
2:30pm
-
3:45pm
RAB13
RACF® SEARCH Command
4:00pm
-
5:15pm
RAB14
RACF® SETROPTS
Thursday
9:15am
-
10:30am
RAB15
RACF® Surveillance
10:45am
-
12:00pm
RAB16
RACF® Hands-on Lab - Summary Exercises

RACF Administration Advanced (RAA)
Monday
10:30am
-
11:45am
RAA1
RACF & REXX
1:00pm
-
3:45pm
RAA2-3
WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Security
4:00pm
-
5:15pm
RAA4
Merging RACF Databases
Tuesday
9:00am
-
10:15am
RAA5
Protecting JES Resources Using RACF®
10:30am
-
11:45am
RAA6
Protecting SDSF Resources Using RACF®
1:00pm
-
2:15pm
RAA7
UserIDs with Privileged Attributes
2:30pm
-
5:15pm
RAA8-9
RACF® and UNIX System Services
Wednesday
9:00am
-
10:15am
RAA10
RACF® Authorization Checking: How It Works
1:00pm
-
2:15pm
RAA12
I Still Don't Have Access!
2:30pm
-
5:15pm
RAA13-14
Security for WebSphere MQ on z/OS® Using RACF®
Thursday
9:15am
-
10:30am
RAA15
What Every RACF® Administrator Should Know About Security Architecture
10:45am
-
12:00pm
RAA16
Decentralized RACF Administration

RACF Technical Basic (RTB)
Monday
10:30am
-
11:45am
RTB1
System z Security Overview
Tuesday
1:00pm
-
2:15pm
RTB7
Introduction to the New LDAP Server for z/OS®: Tivoli Directory Services (TDS) for z/OS
2:30pm
-
3:45pm
RTB8
Hands-on Lab: Implementing the New LDAP Server for z/OS®
4:00pm
-
5:15pm
RTB9
Security Software and Tape Management Software
Wednesday
9:00am
-
10:15am
RTB10
Introduction to DB2 Security
10:30am
-
11:45am
RTB11
Protect Your Information Using New DB2 9 Security Features
1:00pm
-
2:15pm
RTB12
Using RACF® for DB2 Security Overview
2:30pm
-
5:15pm
RTB13-14
Access Control, Encryption and Auditing Best Practices in DB2 Linux, UNIX and Windows
Thursday
10:45am
-
12:00pm
RTB16
RRSF - A User's Experience

RACF Technical Advanced (RTA)
Monday
10:30am
-
11:45am
RTA1
APF - An Overview
1:00pm
-
2:15pm
RTA2
RACF® Command Tips
2:30pm
-
3:45pm
RTA3
CICS Security: RACF® Transaction Authorization
4:00pm
-
5:15pm
RTA4
CICS Security: RACF® Authorization for CICS Resources
Tuesday
9:00am
-
11:45am
RTA5-6
How to Break Into z/OS®
1:00pm
-
2:15pm
RTA7
Achieving Peak RACF® Performance
2:30pm
-
3:45pm
RTA8
The IBM Health Checker for z/OS®
4:00pm
-
5:15pm
RTA9
RACF® and IMS: Perfect Together
Wednesday
9:00am
-
10:15am
RTA10
Common RACF® Vulnerabilities - What the Auditors May be Missing
10:30am
-
11:45am
RTA11
RACLIST 101
1:00pm
-
2:15pm
RTA12
FACILITY Class Profile Potpourri
2:30pm
-
3:45pm
RTA13
Learning from the Pitfalls (Mistakes) of Others: Save Yourself Hours of Work and Look Like a Hero
Thursday
9:15am
-
12:00pm
RTA15-16
Using RACF® Data Security Monitor (DSMON) Workshop

Vanguard Tools and Techniques (VTT)
Monday
1:00pm
-
3:45pm
VTT2-3
Administrator™ Power User's Techniques
Tuesday
9:00am
-
10:15am
VTT5
Maximizing Your Use of Vanguard Administrator™
10:30am
-
11:45am
VTT6
Finding the Nuggets of Gold by Data Mining
1:00pm
-
2:15pm
VTT7
Implementing Vanguard Enforcer™ Active Alerts
2:30pm
-
5:15pm
VTT8-9
Using Vanguard Software to Support Independent z/OS® and RACF® Audits
Wednesday
9:00am
-
10:15am
VTT10
Using QuickGen to Format Reports
10:30am
-
11:45am
VTT11
Assessing Your z/OS® and RACF® Implementation with Vanguard Analyzer™
1:00pm
-
2:15pm
VTT12
Controlling RACF® Commands with Vanguard Policy Manager™
2:30pm
-
3:45pm
VTT13
It’s Like a Tricorder for Enterprise Compliance!
4:00pm
-
5:15pm
VTT14
GUI Administration for RACF® Using Vanguard SecurityCenter
Thursday
9:15am
-
10:30am
VTT15
Auditing RACF® Using Vanguard Advisor™
10:45am
-
12:00pm
VTT16
Using Vanguard Advisor Active Alerts