Stream: Security
Time: 14:15 - 15:00
With z/OS V2R5, RACF introduced the option to have a VSAM data set as your RACF data base in specific environments. The intent, as stated in a z/OS statement of direction is to “to enhance pervasive encryption through RACF support for the use of an encrypted VSAM data set as its data base in specific configurations.”This session describes the use of a VSAM linear data set as a RACF data base, the considerations for having an encrypted RACF VSAM data set, and how to move to an encrypted RACF VSAM data set.This session is part one, with the second part being "The Path to an Encrypted RACF Database - The Reality", presented by Lenny Demoke-Bradshaw.
Mark Nelson, CISSP®, CSSLP® is a Senior Technical Staff Member with IBM's z/OS® Security Server Design and Development Team in Poughkeepsie NY, where he has spent the past 37 years working on RACF®. Mark's focus with RACF has been on auditing and data analysis (IRRDBU00, IRRADU00, RACFICE), RACF's Health Checks, RACF/Db2, RACF's support for digital certificates, and RACF's encrypted VSAM data set support.
Mark is an active speaker on RACF, having spoken to user groups and IBM field representatives on four continents, and has received several SHARE "Best Session" awards, six-and-a-half "Top Gun/Best Session" awards from the Vanguard Enterprise Security Expo, four GSE "Best Vendor Session" awards, and was the 1999 recipient of the Vanguard "Chairman's Award".
Mark is a co-author of the book "Mainframe Security for Security Experts: A Introduction to RACF", has helped write several Redbooks, and has published articles in NaSPA's Technical Support, z/Journal, and IBM's Hot Topics. Mark is the director of the Mid-Hudson Valley IBM Club Chorus and a private pilot. Mark is also a world record holder in the "Hokey Pokey".
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