BIM-ALERT/CICS
provides complete security for CICS/VSE and CICS/TS. Without changing any of
your current programs you can secure maps, files, programs and
transactions. ALERT also provides access security for fields within
records. And BIM-ALERT/CICS is written specifically for the CICS/VSE
environment, so resource usage is low.
 Ease
of Use
ALERT facilities are easy to use, even for
non-technical personnel. No need to write programs, change JCL
or learn a "rules" language.
ALERT provides online, menu driven screens for defining security
at all levels. You can easily customize security profiles for
each user. ALERT also provides transactions
to display unsecured files, programs and transactions. This
makes it easy to identify protected and non-protected resources.
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Some
additional features of ALERT include:
• A modeling facility so that you can
model a new user or terminal after one that was previously defined
• The ability to
update and implement security changes in real time
• Forced password change and automatic password distribution
after a time period that you determine
• Capabilities for decentralized security administration
• A user-callable interface for defining security for non-CICS
resources
• The ability to customize violation messages and
display them in different languages
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Efficient
Design
What's more, ALERT requires a minimum of memory and DASD, and
was written with attention to minimizing the number of security
checking cycles. Your system will not be bogged down by ALERT's
security, so your users won't be slowed down either.
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Increased
Security
ALERT offers increased CICS security through
system, user and terminal resource security.
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System
Resource Security
All maps, files, programs, and transactions
to be protected should be defined to ALERT as system resources.
ALERT offers two ways for you to restrict access to system resources:
• One way is to restrict access times for files, programs
and transactions.
• A
second way is to specify either inquiry-only or inquiry-and-update
processing for files.
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User
ID Resource Security
Users who are required to sign on are defined
by ALERT as user ID resources. Each user ID resource must have
a security profile defined to ALERT. The security profile identifies
which files, programs, transactions and map displays each user
has the authority to access. The system administrator can determine
the user's default authority, which ALERT uses if no files, programs
or transactions are specifically defined. User ID security lets
you use ALERT to:
• Limit access to resources based on the user's
ID.
• Automatically sign off users and erase screens that are inactive
for a specific period of time.
• Define both scheduled and temporary access times--ALERT
will deny any attempt to access the system outside of the user's
defined access times.
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Terminal
Resource Security
Use ALERT's terminal security to protect
any 3270-type terminal recognized by CICS:
• Limit access to resources based on the terminal's ID without
requiring user sign on.
• Automatically sign off terminals and erase screens that are
inactive for a specific period of time.
• Define both scheduled and temporary access times. ALERT will
deny any attempt to access the system outside of the terminal's
defined access times.
• Report access violations to a specific terminal and printer.
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Increased
Auditability
ALERT provides complete online and batch reports for monitoring
system activity and attempted security violations. You can display
these violations online, instantly receiving a chronological
log of activity for the specified users or terminals.
In addition, ALERT maintains a complete audit trail of security
activity, which you can also view online. This audit trail indicates
the date, time, administrator identification, and before-and-after
image of any change to any security profiles.
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Report
Writer
With ALERT, you get a full report writer
to produce user definable reports from the log, audit and security
files. You describe what data you want and what format you want
it in. Several predefined reports are also available, including:
• Violation and sign on specification
• System transaction security
• System program security
• System file security
• System map security
• User security information
• Terminal security information
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VSE/ESA & z/VSE
Exploitation
BIM-ALERT/CICS supports VSE/ESA
versions 2.4 and above, including z/VSE 3.1.1.
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Conversion Info:
BIM-Alert/CICS Replaces:
CA-Top Secret
CA-ALERT for CICS
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System
Requirements
BIM-ALERT/CICS supports CICS releases 2.3
and above, including CICS/TS 1.1.1.
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