CA ACF2™ for z/OS provides innovative, comprehensive security for your business transaction environments—including Linux, UNIX and z/OS on System z—helping you realize the reliability, scalability and cost-effectiveness of the mainframe. CA ACF2 provides an Advanced Authentication Mainframe feature, system entry validation, resource control, auditability, accountability, and administrative control. In conjunction with distributed security solutions from CA Technologies, CA ACF2 provides mobile-to-mainframe enterprise class security and compliance management.
ACF2 Features
ACF2 offers some of the following features:
Authentication: ACF2 is used for authenticating users and granting them access to profiles and various resources on the mainframe.
Access Control: The solution provides resource control, allowing administrators to control who can access specific mainframe resources.
Logging and Monitoring: Organizations can easily track and monitor activities on the mainframe. This feature enables the creation of audit trails for follow-up and helps with security analysis.
Metrics and Reporting: ACF2 allows the configuration of tools to produce different types of metrics and reports. These can then be used by senior management for making informed security decisions.
Comprehensive Security: The solution provides comprehensive security for mainframe environments, ensuring the protection of valuable data assets. It offers advanced authentication, system entry validation, and administrative control.
Streamlined Administration: It simplifies the administration of mainframe security by providing streamlined management capabilities. ACF2 also enables administrators to monitor and adjust security policies and accommodate various organizational structures.
Scalability: ACF2 offers reliable and scalable security, allowing businesses to expand their mainframe environments while maintaining a high level of protection.
Compliance Management: Organizations can meet compliance requirements by providing auditability, accountability, and comprehensive security controls.
Integration: ACF2 can integrate with distributed security solutions from CA Technologies, providing enterprise-class security and compliance management for mobile-to-mainframe environments.
Flexibility: ACF2 allows flexibility in adapting security policies to accommodate different organizational structures and requirements.
ACF2 Benefits
Some of the benefits that ACF2 provides are:
Enhanced security and resilience
Streamlined administration
Reliable and scalable security
Comprehensive audit capabilities
Cost-effectiveness
Integration with other security solutions
Simplified identity and access management
Compliance management
Efficient monitoring and reporting
Reviews from Real Users
According to an IT Examiner at a financial services firm with 10,000+ employees, "ACF2 is extremely beneficial for the mainframe environment, and it is at the forefront for security and resilience."
The line between mainframe processing and distributed-systems processing has blurred.
So why do you still have to switch back and forth between totally different systems tools in order to troubleshoot enterprise-wide problems?
It’s time for data streams from the mainframe to be as accessible as your other data streams when it comes to analytics for business intelligence and security monitoring.
Syncsort Ironstream enables you to collect and forward z/OS log data, including security data, into Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Enterprise Security, where you can get that true 360-degree view. Simply. In real time. Without needing specialized expertise and different monitoring systems for z/OS.
Precisely Ironstream Features
Precisely Ironstream offers users the following features:
Real-time streaming: Ironstream enables real-time streaming of mainframe and IBM i operational data into modern analytics platforms, allowing users to analyze and act on the data as it is generated.
Integration with analytics platforms: The solution integrates seamlessly with popular analytics platforms such as Splunk, Elastic, and Kafka, enabling users to leverage the power of these tools for analyzing mainframe and IBM i data.
Data transformation and normalization: Users can capture and transform mainframe and IBM i operational data into a format compatible with modern analytics platforms, ensuring data consistency and facilitating accurate analysis.
Comprehensive data capture: Ironstream captures a wide range of mainframe and IBM i operational data, including log files, security events, performance metrics, and more. This allows users to gain insights into various aspects of their legacy infrastructure.
Real-time alerting: Users can monitor mainframe and IBM i systems in real time and set up custom alerts for critical events or anomalies. This helps organizations proactively identify and resolve issues before they impact business operations.
Centralized data management: Ironstream allows users to centralize mainframe, and distributed system data in a single analytics platform. This approach simplifies data management, enhances data accessibility, and facilitates cross-platform analysis.
Performance optimization: The solution provides performance monitoring and optimization capabilities for mainframe systems. Users can identify bottlenecks, optimize resource utilization, and improve overall system efficiency.
Scalability and reliability: Ironstream is designed to handle large volumes of data generated by mainframes. It offers scalability and reliability features to ensure data is captured and streamed without disruptions.
Ease of deployment and configuration: The user-friendly interface and simplified deployment process make it easier for companies to set up and configure the solution according to their specific requirements.
Precisely Ironstream Benefits
Some of the benefits of using Precisely Ironstream are:
Enhanced analytics capabilities
Proactive issue resolution
Compliance adherence
Centralized data management
Streamlined auditing processes
Performance optimization
Scalability and reliability
Simplified deployment and configuration
