Software provides RACF security management.

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Vanguard Administrator, Advisor, Analyzer, Enforcer, and SecurityCenter Offer a Complete Solution for RACF Security Management

At a glance The Vanguard toolset offers: An end-to-end solution for mandated internal controls of mission-critical data Fast, accurate, and granular reports as required by SOX, HIPAA, GLBA, PIPEDA, EU data Directive, and other mandated regulations Total security of critical data and other resources combined with event detection, analysis, and reporting A full range of productivity enhancement tools that reduce the complexities of Resource Access Control Facility (RACF) administration, help eliminate user errors, enforce best practices, and reduce the RACF learning curve The option to perform RACF security administration through a traditional "green screen" (Administrator) or a windows-based GUI (SecurityCenter) The foundation for positioning and using the mainframe as a key component in a cross-platform security solution Well-rounded security model and mature implementation process Overview The Vanguard Administrator, Advisor, Analyzer, Enforcer, and SecurityCenter set of products offer a robust toolset for administration, reporting, auditing, and intrusion detection for IBM Resource Access Control Facility (RACF). RACF is an IBM security management product for the IBM zSeries operating system that provides access to users who have authorization to use a requested computer resource. Vanguard products dramatically improve the efficiency of security administration provide expert level vulnerability analysis and system auditing tools, and add real-time event, intrusion detection, and policy enforcement capabilities to the zSeries Server. Everyday security functions can be performed with accuracy in a fraction of the time. Advanced security functions like vulnerability analysis, policy baselining and enforcement have been simplified to easy-to-follow menus backed with a context-sensitive expert knowledge base. The Vanguard toolset features: The only host-based intrusion detection and policy enforcement solution for the zSeries Server; provides notification of unauthorized access to critical resources, identifies security policy deviations in real-time, immediately escalates policy exceptions, and establishes a new security baseline (re-baseline) or rejects exception by reinforcing existing (approved) policy An expert level security auditing tool with a knowledge base that automatically identifies risks, performs threat analysis, and provides recommended fix-actions Product information is provided by the program supplier, Vanguard Integrity Professionals. Planned availability date August 26, 2005