RACF

USERS

GROUP

RUGONE

RACF Users Group of the Northeast

 

 

Past Meeting Agendas

 

 

Tuesday, May 6, 2008                       *** Sponsored by SSH ***

 

Agenda:

RACF & Storage Administration

     Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting

Roundtable Discussions

     Dave Bell, IBM

RACF Update

     Mark Nelson, IBM

Program Control & PADS

     Walt Farrell, IBM

Who Should You Trust?

     Walt Farrell, IBM

SSH Product Presentation

     Dave Rivard, SSH Communications Security

 

 

 

Thursday, November 15, 2007  *** Sponsored by Vanguard ***

 

Agenda:

RACF, TCP/IP, and The SERVAUTH Class

     Jim McNeill, Vanguard Integrity Professionals

RACF and DB2: Teamed for Security

     Mark Nelson, IBM

The Impact of Regulatory Compliance on Database Administration

     Joe Brockert, Neon Enterprise Software Inc.

Product Presentation

     Jim McNeill, Vanguard Integrity Professionals

 

 

 

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Thursday, May 17, 2007                         *** Sponsored by CA ***

 

Agenda: DFSORT and ICETOOL

     Robert Whittle, RSH Consulting

RACF Utilities

     Robert Hansel, RSH Consulting

Product Presentation

      Bob Kleamovich, CA

Digital Certificates Basics and RACDCERT

     Wai Choi, IBM

SMF Unload and XML

     Walt Farrell, IBM

 

 

 

Tuesday, October 17, 2006                *** Sponsored by EKC ***

 

Agenda: Common Holes in RACF Defenses

     Robert Hansel, RSH Consulting

Emergency Access & Audit Reporting

     James Croteau, EKC

RACF Update

     Mark Nelson, IBM

RACF and z/OS UNIX: Integrated More Than You May Know

     Bruce Wells, IBM

Product Presentation

     EKC

 

 

 

Thursday, October 6, 2005     * Sponsored by Rocket Software *

 

Agenda: Consoles & Operator Commands

     Robert Hansel & Robert Whittle, RSH Consulting

IBM Health Checker for z/OS

     Mark Nelson, IBM

RACF Requirements

     Mark Nelson, IBM

RACF Passtickets: The road to single-sign-on

     George Boitano, Rocket Software

Product Presentation: IBM Tivoli Security Administrator for RACF

     Steve Bice, Rocket Software

 

 

 

Thursday, June 9, 2005                        ** Sponsored by Consul **

 

Agenda: Top 10 RACF MVS and RACF Issues to Audit

     Reese Meadows,  Consul Risk Management

The Things We Do for Compliance

     Reese Meadows,  Consul Risk Management

RACF Update

     Mark Nelson, IBM

z/OS LDAP

     Jonathon Cottrell, IBM

Consul Product Presentation

     Reese Meadows,  Consul Risk Management

 

 

 

Thursday, October 21, 2004    ** Sponsored by Beta Systems **

 

Agenda: CICS & RACF - The Basics

     Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting

DSSO - SSO

     Martin Kosiak, Beta Systems

Roundtable: Using HR Data to Manage Security & RACF

     Dave Bell, The Hartford

RACF: More Dynamic Than Ever

     Laurie Ward, IBM

MLS Update (z/OS R5 and z/OS R6)

     George Markouizos, IBM

Beta Systems Product Presentation

     Louis Bolla, Beta Systems

 

 

 

Thursday, May 20, 2004           *** Sponsored by Vanguard ***

 

Agenda: FACILITY Class

     Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting

CICS Inter-region Communication & RACF

     Phil Emrich, Vanguard Integrity Professionals

RACF Update

     Mark Nelson, IBM

RACF & Websphere

     Phil Emrich, Vanguard Integrity Professionals

Vanguard Product Presentation

     Phil Emrich, Vanguard Integrity Professionals

 

 

 

Wednesday, October 8, 2003                     ** Sponsored by

 Infosec & RSH Software **

 

Agenda: RACF & Unix System Services

     Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting

Unix System Services File Security & RACF

     Bruce Wells, IBM

LDAP

     Jay Brodfueher, IBM

Automatic RACF Database Cleanup

     John Busse, Infosec

Product Presentations

     Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting

     John Busse, Infosec

 

 

 

Thursday, June 12, 2003

 

Agenda: RACF & JES - Part II

     Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting

Profile Efficiency

     Guus Bonnes, BCSC

Sysplex Support for RACF

     Guus Bonnes, BCSC

SAF Trace

     Russ Hardgrove, IBM

Automatic Assignment of uid/gid

     Bruce Wells, IBM

 

 

 

Thursday, March 6, 2003                    *** Sponsored by ASPG ***

 

Agenda: RACF & JES

     Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting

RACF Roundtable - Policy Compliance Monitoring

     Ken Bornhorst, MetLife

The World of Program Control & PADS

     Walt Farrell, IBM

RACF Update

     Walt Farrell, IBM

Product Presentation & Demonstration

     ASPG Representatives

 

 

 

Thursday, October 17, 2002         *** Sponsored by SYSTOR ***

 

Agenda: TCPIP and RACF

     Stu Henderson, The Henderson Group

Trends Driving Security on zSeries

     Rich Guski, IBM

Product Presentation & Demonstration

     Systor Representatives

 

 

 

Thursday, May 21, 2002

 

Agenda: RACF Command Tips

     Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting

RACF Basics: RACF & CICS

     Phil Emrich, Vanguard Integrity Professionals

RACF Update

     Mark Nelson, IBM

The Continuing Saga of PKI on z/OS

     Christine Marjsek, IBM

RACF & CICS - Advanced Topics

     Phil Emrich, Vanguard Integrity Professionals

 

 

 

Thursday, February 12, 2002

 

Agenda: RACF Basics: General Resources

     Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting

Tivoli Identity Management

     Dan TumSuden, IBM

A RACFers View of DB2 Security

     Mark Nelson, IBM

RACF & DB2

     Randy Love, IBM

 

 

 

Wednesday, November 7, 2001    ** Sponsored by Access360 **

 

Agenda: RACF Basics: Administrative Authorities

     Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting

RACF SETROPTS Options

     David J Bell, RSH Consulting

RACF History

     Mark Nelson, IBM

RACF Update

     Mark Nelson, IBM

Product Presentation & Demonstration

     Access360 Representatives

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 26, 2001                       *** Sponsored by BMC ***

 

Agenda: RACF Basics: Dataset Protection

     Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting

Kerberos & IBM's Network Authentication Services

     Paul de Graaff, IBM

Roundtable: Merging RACF Databases

     David J. Bell, RSH Consulting

Product Presentation & Demonstration

     BMC Representatives

 

 

 

Thursday, April 12, 2001               *** Sponsored by ENTACT ***

 

Agenda: RACF Basics: Access Monitoring & Reporting

     Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting

Intro to DFSORT & ICETOOLS

     Brandt W. Onorato, RSH Consulting

RACF Emergency Access for Application Support Staff

     David J. Bell, RSH Consulting

Data Mining the RACF Data Base and RACF Audit Data with RACFICE

     Mark Nelson, IBM

RACF Update

     Mark Nelson, IBM

Product Presentation & Demonstration

     ENTACT Representatives

 

 

 

Thursday, September 28, 2000

 

Agenda: Introduction to RACF

     Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting

OS/390-MVS Penetration & Security

     Peter Goldis, Goldis Consulting Services

RACF Emergency Access for Application Support Staff

     David J. Bell, RSH Consulting

RACF Future Directions

     Linda Ryan-Doolittle, IBM

 

 

 

Thursday, June 22, 2000

 

Agenda: TCP/IP Intro & Security

     RSH Consulting

MQSeries & RACF

     Stuart Jones, IBM

RACF and Erase on Scratch in the Modern Storage World

     Mark Nelson, IBM

RACF Update

     Mark Nelson, IBM

 

 

 

Tuesday, March 21, 2000

 

Agenda: Using REXX with the RACF Database Unload

     Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting

RACF & IBM Websphere

     Rich Ardini, IBM

RACF Round Table

     David J. Bell, The Hartford

Life of a Job - Batch & NJE Security

     RSH Consulting

 

 

 

Tuesday, September 28, 1999

 

Agenda: Advanced General Resources

     Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting

RACF & SDSF

     Vanguard Integrity Professionals

Release Update

     Mark Nelson, IBM

RACF Round Table

     David J. Bell, The Hartford

 

 

 

Thursday, June 24, 1999               *** Sponsored by PASSGO ***

 

Agenda: RACF & Storage Administration

     Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting

Open Discussion

     David J. Bell, The Hartford

RACF Utilities

     Brandt W. Onorato, RSH Consulting

RACF Release Update

     Mark Nelson, IBM

PASSGO Security Products

     PASSGO Representatives

 

 

 

Tuesday, February 23, 1999

 

Agenda: RACF & CICS

     Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting

Undiscovered RACF Treasures (RRSF, SEARCH, ICETOOL)

     Mark Nelson, IBM

RACF Release Update

     Mark Nelson, IBM

Common Holes in RACF Defenses

     Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting

 

 

 

Tuesday, October 20, 1998

 

Agenda: RACF Performance Tuning

     Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting

RACF & Disaster Recovery

     Vanguard Integrity Professionals

RACF Tools for Auditors

     Mark Nelson, IBM

RACF Release Update

     Mark Nelson, IBM

Customizing RACF

     Vanguard Integrity Professionals

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 23, 1998

 

Agenda: MVS Integrity & Security

     Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting

RACF Tables & Started Task Identification & Control

     Brandt W. Onorato, RSH Consulting

Group Discussion of RACF & YR2K Issues

     Donna Finley, Liberty Mutual Insurance

RACF & OpenEdition

     Alan Dooley, IBM

 

 

 

Thursday, February 24, 1998

 

Agenda: Implementing RACF with CA-Endevor

     Brandt W. Onorato, RSH Consulting

Centralized Security Administration for Network Devices: A Growing Problem We All Face

     David J. Bell, The Hartford

Streamlining Security Administration - Using RACF for Off-Host Security

     Bill Semigolsky, Blockade Systems

RACF & DB2 - Teamed for Security

     Mark Nelson, IBM

What Data Security Officers Need to Know about Cryptography

     Mark Nelson, IBM

What's on the Horizon for RACF

     Mark Nelson, IBM

 

 

 

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