IBM Redbooks

Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw

Axel Buecker

Brian Hugenbruch

Boudhayan Chakrabarty

Cesar Goldkorn

Madhukar Reddy Nali

Vinodkumar Ramalingam

Botrous Thalouth

Jan Thielmann

This IBM® Redbooks® publication documents the strength and value of the IBM security strategy with IBM System z® hardware and software. In an age of increasing security consciousness, IBM System z provides the capabilities to address the needs of today's business security challenges. This publication explores how System z hardware is designed to provide integrity, process isolation, and cryptographic capability to help address security requirements. This book highlights the features of IBM z/OS® and other operating systems, which offer various customizable security elements under the Security Server and Communication Server components. This book describes z/OS and other operating systems and additional software that leverage the building blocks of System z hardware to provide solutions to business security needs. This publication's intended audience is technical architects, planners, and managers who are interested in exploring how the security design and features of System z, the z/OS operating system, and associated software address current issues, such as data encryption, authentication, authorization, network security, auditing, ease of security administration, and monitoring.

Reduce Risk and Improve Security on IBM Mainframes: Volume 1 Architecture and Platform Security

Jan Thielmann

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