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HG05: Advanced RACF Training


(4 days; 32 CPE credits; $1990)



  • March 31-April 3, 2009 in Bethesda, MD

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This advanced RACF training course gives you a powerful understanding of how to use the advanced features of RACF, to support RACF with UNIX, TCP/IP, the Firewall, and the OS/390 WorldWide Web Server. This course will get you ready to deal with RACF and Sysplex, as well as digital certificates and cross-platform security with Single Signon. It covers RACF on MVS, on OS/390, and on the z/OS operating system.

You will learn to use RACF to control JES, SDSF, VTAM, APPC, OMVS or USS ("UNIX under MVS"), TCP/IP, the OS/390 Firewall, Sysplex, the Message Queue Manager, the Websphere Web Server, and MVS. You will get clear explanations of how these system software components work, how they work with RACF, and how you can use RACF to control them. You will learn how RACF interfaces with other software components to provide your installation the most comprehensive practical protection possible. This course shows you how to design RACF exits, how to analyze the structure of the RACF dataset, and how to tune RACF for best performance. You will learn how to plan, implement, and use RRSF, the RACF Remote Sharing Facility (which lets you synchronize passwords and RACF commands between RACF databases).

This course will show you how to use the most sophisticated and advanced features of RACF. While you do not need to be a system programmer or technician, you will want a solid understanding of RACF basics to get the most out of this course. This course is the logical follow-on to HG04: Effective RACF Administration.

The 400+ page reference manual contains diagrams, worksheets, and valuable reference material not available anywhere else.



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Who Should Attend HG05 Advanced RACF training?

  • Experienced RACF administrators who want to secure UNIX, TCP/IP, and the Web Server
  • System programmers who want to maximize their use of RACF
  • Auditors who want to cover MQ Series, OMVS, JES, VTAM, and other advanced resource classes
  • Data Security Officers who want to take advantage of the advanced resource classes
  • HG04 attendees who recovered from its intensity and still want more
  • RACF practitioners not happy "just protecting userids and datasets"


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HG05: This Course Will Teach You How:
  • To secure UNIX, TCP/IP, and the Web Server on the mainframe
  • To take advantage of the mainframe Firewall
  • To use the advanced resource classes
  • To call RACF from within a program and to design RACF exits
  • To Tune RACF for performance
  • To use RRSF
  • RACF works with JES and VTAM
  • To use RACF with MVS/Open Edition
  • RACF works with MQ Series and SDSF

Please note that you can save money by holding these classes in-house. Call Stu at (301) 229-7187 for details.

Note also the classes we offer for Information Technology Audit Training, as listed on the left under QUICK LINKS.

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"This is an excellent course for fine-tuning RACF skills. Does an excellent job of staying current with security issues." --- Edwin Lawrence, Worldspan


"Henderson is a dynamic instructor that makes a complex, detailed subject easy to understand."
--- Jennifer Walker, Arthur Andersen

                    HG05 SEMINAR WORKBOOK TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                                 Page
I   Concepts and Keywords                                           3
     Why We Are Here                                                3
     Background and Trends                                          6
     Review of RACF Fundamentals                                   12
     IBM'S Changes to MVS, JES, etc. for B1 Certification          21
     The Power of Resource Names With Dots                         37
     What We Will Cover                                            39
        A)     JES  Resource Classes                               39
        B)     VTAM                                                49
        C)     APPC                                                50
        D)     Structure of the RACF Database                      54
        E)     Writing Programs to Read the RACF Database          55
        F)     Writing Programs to Call RACF                       56
        G)     RACF Exits                                          56
        H)     MQM (the Message Queue Manager)                     57
        I)     USS (UNIX), TCP/IP, WWW Server, and the Firewall    59
        J)     DCE and Digital Certificates                       116
        K)     Sysplex                                            147
        L)     RRSF (RACF Remote Sharing Facility)                149

II  Action Steps                                                  164
     A)     JES Resource Classes                                  165
     B)     VTAM                                                  206
     C)     APPC (Advanced Program to Program                     216
     D)     Structure of the RACF Database                        237
     E)     Writing Programs to Read the RACF Database            265
     F)     Writing Programs to Call RACF                         282
     G)     RACF Exits                                            299
     H)     MQM (Message Queue Manager)                           307
     I)     USS (UNIX), TCP/IP, the WWW Server, and the Firewall  330
     J)     DCE and Digital Certificates                          426
     K)     Sysplex                                               440
     L)     RRSF (RACF Remote Sharing Facility)                   450

III Forms and Reference                                           461
     A)     HASPPARM                                              462
     B)     SYS1.VTAMLST                                          467
     C)     RACF DBU RECORD TYPES                                 484

INDEX                                                             491


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Stu Henderson offers consulting, seminars, articles, and other information sharing related to information security and auditing. His consulting includes: security reviews, risk assessments, RACF implementation assistance, and Information Technology audit technical counseling.

His most popular seminars provide: RACF training, mainframe audit training including MVS and z/OS audit training. His RACF seminars include: "Effective RACF Administration", "Advanced RACF Administration", and "UNIX (USS) for RACF Administrators".

His audit seminars include: "How to Audit MVS, RACF, ACF2, TopSecret, CICS, DB2, and MQ Series Security" and the follow-on "How to Audit z/OS with USS, TCP/IP, FTP, and the Internet"

Information on class location and schedules, as well as articles, links and other useful information sharing may be found on his website at www.stuhenderson.com