CA-ACF2 Overview

Objectives
On successful completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

• recognise all of the major CA-ACF/2 components
• describe how a well structured CA-ACF/2 database should be set up
• begin to administer a CA-ACF/2 system.

Who Should Attend
The course is suitable for anyone wishing to gain a basic understanding of CA-ACF/2 security concepts.
Prerequisites
Familiarity with the mainframe (IBM z/Series) server environment.
Duration
1 day

Course Code
ACFO
Contents
Introduction
The need for security; general threats; tightening security; security policy: naming standards; security administration; auditing.


Security features
User identification; resource types; types of access permission; ownership.


CA-ACF/2 architecture
Introduction; databases, Logonids, Resource rules, UID Strings: MVS implementation; system interfaces; messages.


CA-ACF/2 resources
Dataset Rules, Resource Rules, Logonids (Inserting, Changing & Listing).


Access authorisation
UID Strings, Nextkey Processing, Compile & De-compiling rules; how CA-ACF/2 checks authorisation.


CA-ACF/2 system options
GSO records.


Question & answer session