Vanguard Security 2010 Track Information
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RACF® Basic Administration
This track provides RACF training for Security Administrators, Auditors, and Systems Programmers new to RACF. The entire track starts with a RACF overview and goes through Group, User, Dataset, and General Resource profile administration. Also covered are the RACF System-wide Options and RACF Logging and Reporting. Perhaps the most powerful aspect of the track is the hands-on lab available to all attendees that will reinforce the concepts presented during the breakout sessions. The track is a basic RACF course presented Tuesday morning through Thursday afternoon. All non-Hands-on Lab sessions in this track must be completed to receive a Certificate of Achievement.
RACF Overview
John Hilman, Vanguard Integrity Professionals
Definition, brief history, and how z/OS Security Server fits in, including “components” and main functions of RACF.
RACF Groups
Bob Ubert, Vanguard Integrity Professionals
Factors in creating a well-designed RACF group structure to facilitate easy RACF administration.
RACF Hands-on Lab - RACF Groups
John Hilman & Bob Ubert, Vanguard Integrity Professionals
Hands-on Lab session for getting started with RACF Group Administration. Complete this session by using RACF commands or Vanguard Administrator™, or both.
RACF Users
Bob Ubert, Vanguard Integrity Professionals
Administering users of the system, “functional groups”, the SPECIAL, AUDITOR and OPERATIONS attributes.
RACF Hands-on Lab - Users
John Hilman & Bob Ubert, Vanguard Integrity Professionals
Hands-on Lab for listing, defining and updating User profiles; resetting passwords; resuming and revoking IDs using RACF commands, RACF panels, and/or Vanguard Administrator. The RACF Group Administration Lab is a pre-requisite.
RACF and Dataset Protection, Parts 1 and 2
John Hilman, Vanguard Integrity Professionals
Using RACF dataset profiles to control access to datasets, and details of the RACF commands and Vanguard Administrator functions that you will use to administer dataset access.
RACF Hands-on Lab - Dataset Administration
John Hilman & Bob Ubert, Vanguard Integrity Professionals
Hands-on Lab for listing, defining and updating dataset profiles for the users and groups that were defined in the previous lab. You can complete the Lab using RACF commands, RACF panels and/or Vanguard Administrator.
RACF and General Resource Protection, Parts 1 and 2
Bob Ubert, Vanguard Integrity Professionals
How to use RACF to control access to various general resources.
RACF Hands-on Lab - General Resource Protection
John Hilman & Bob Ubert, Vanguard Integrity Professionals
Hands-on Lab for listing, defining and updating General Resource Class profiles using RACF commands, RACF panels, and/or Vanguard Administrator.
RACF SETROPTS
John Hilman, Vanguard Integrity Professionals
Review optional settings for the RACF System-wide Options established by using the SETROPTS command.
RACF Surveillance
John Hilman, Vanguard Integrity Professionals
Security events you should be aware of as an effective RACF Security Administrator. Which logging options should be set in RACF, and how to report on the event data that has been collected. Review of the DSMON reports.
RACF Hands-on Lab - Summary
John Hilman & Bob Ubert, Vanguard Integrity Professionals
Hands-on Lab exercises to clean up all the profiles that you created throughout the week. This session also completes your participation in the RACF Basic Administration Track.
