RACF Administration in the Digital Age
Companies that operate mainframe systems are presently facing hard times. Most of their mainframe experts are about to retire, and only few young IT specialists can fill the gap. However, the mainframe remains a key technology today and in the future – one that has to meet constantly rising demands also for the RACF administration.
Digitization, new legal provisions, and organizational changes require that mainframe systems quickly adapt to new practices and regulations. This forcesorganizations to develop corresponding strategies, including ways to simplify RACF-based authorization management and to make it more secure.
More than 80 percent of all global z/OS installations employ RACF (Resource Access Control Facility), the IBM tool for identifying and verifying users, managing access rights and logging access to protected resources. Based on the probable assumption that IBM mainframe systems are likely used by very large companies, it can be said with great confidence that RACF protects the security of the world’s most complex IT landscapes.
In mehr als 80 Prozent aller globalen z/OS-Installationen kommt RACF (Resource Access Control Facility) zum Einsatz, das Tool der IBM für Identifikation und Verifikaton der Benutzer, Zugriffsrechte-Verwaltung und Logging der Zugriffe auf geschützte Ressourcen. Und weil IBM-Mainframe-Systeme umso wahrscheinlicher genutzt werden, desto größer ein Unternehmen ist, lässt sich ohne Untertreibung behaupten: RACF schützt die Sicherheit der komplexesten IT-Landschaften weltweit. 
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