Administering RACF - A Practitioner Series Course Offering Copyright © 1999 Mentor Services Corp - 200 White Plains Road - Tarrytown - NY 10591.

Introduction: RACF (Resource Access Control Facility) is IBM's security offering for its main-frame operating systems. RACF can be used to limit access to the services of an MVS or VM system. This course will concentrate on defining and implementing an effective security strategy for an MVS operating system. It will use hands-on computer exercises to support the classroom discussions. The course will examine in detail how RACF can be used to control access to specific resources such as data sets, volumes and terminals. In addition, the protection of such facilities as operator commands and system services will be covered in detail. Audience: All security managers, security administrators and auditors who are new to RACF and intend to use it to administer security policy. Objectives:  On completion of this course, the student should be able to: define users to RACF establish a RACF group structure define and protect system resources with RACF restrict access to MVS operator console commands with RACF produce audit trails of attempted security violations tune the RACF data base for maximum performance and recovery Prerequisites: The student must have a working knowledge of MVS fundamentals. Duration: This course is 4 days long.