• Do you have a method for simulation testing prior to implementation in a production environment?
• How do you know what impact your changes will have on the company or users?
• Do you have a method to report on how resources were accessed, including who, when, where, and what level of authority they have?

• Offline captures the authentication requests, including the ones designated as bypass.
• Automates tests and analyzes how new z/OS Security Server commands will impact users and processes before those commands are executed in a production environment.
• Uses actual z/OS Security Server authorization and authentication requests as input to the verification engine; resulting in avoidance of operational disruption while making changes to the z/OS Security Server.
• Security administrators can execute commands against a copy of their database as if against a production system and analyze the potential impact of the new commands and all consequences thereof.

• Impact Analysis Report (IAR).
• Easy-to-use panel. User Interface is consistent with Vanguard Administrator.
• Collects and aggregates all security decisions into a database.
• Produces a wide-range of usage reports for auditors and security administrators.
• Provides complete accounting of all authorization requests.
• Provides a simple method for remediation of elevated access and authorities.
• Offline addresses PCI DSS 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, and 10.6.

Offline checks Access Previously Granted via SURROGAT SUBMIT Profiles

• Vanguard Offline will record all access that occurs via a SURROGAT ID. When requested Vanguard Offline can provide a report that shows the effect of removing access to a SURROGAT SUBMIT profile.