Past Meeting Agendas
Thursday, November 10, 2022 - RUGONE + KOIRUG
+CHIRUG + GARUG
** WebEx hosted by
RSH
Consulting **
Agenda: |
Reducing the Use of UID(0)
Lennie Dymoke-Bardshaw, Reverse Sweep Consulting
RACF Update
Mark Nelson, IBM
Pervasive Encryption
Implementation - User Experience - Update
Tracy Ison and Jim Kuntz, Ohio National
Taking the "Sword" out of
"Password"
Bruce Wells, IBM
SAFTRACE Demystified
Mark Nelson, IBM |
Thursday, May 26, 2022 - RUGONE + KOIRUG + CHIRUG
+ GARUG *** WebEx hosted by
RSH
Consulting ***
Agenda: |
Unix File System Security
REXX EXECs Demo
Bruce Wells, IBM
Crypto Lockdown
Eysha Powers, IBM
Top Most Prevalent z/OS
Security Vulnerabilities
Brian Marshall, Vanguard Integrity Professionals
Robert
S. Hansel, RSH Consulting
PWDCOPY
Robyn E. Gilchrist, RSH Consulting
RACF Administrator Toolkit
Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting |
Thursday, October 14, 2021 - RUGONE + KOIRUG + CHIRUG
+ GARUG *** WebEx hosted by
RSH
Consulting ***
Agenda: |
What's new in CICS Security
Colin Penfold, IBM
Pervasive Encryption
Implementation - User Experience
Tracy Ison and Jim Kuntz, Ohio National
RACF and the Parallel Sysplex
Mark Nelson, IBM
RACF, VSAM and the Path to an
Encrypted RACF Database
Mark Nelson, IBM |
Thursday, May 27, 2021 - RUGONE + KOIRUG + CHIRUG
+ GARUG *** WebEx hosted by
RSH
Consulting ***
Agenda: |
Unix File System Security
Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting
RACF Update
Ross Cooper, Wai Choi, Mark
Nelson, IBM
MFA Implementation Project Update
Steve Kiernan, State Street Bank
z/OS TCP/IP Intrusion
Detection Services
Chris Meyer and Joshua Bennetone,
IBM
Password phrases & Mixed-Case
Password Implementation
Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting
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Thursday, October 29, 2020 - RUGONE + KOIRUG + CHIRUG
*** WebEx hosted by
RSH
Consulting ***
Agenda: |
FTP logon Using Passphrases and Digital Certificates
Robyn E. Gilchrist, RSH
Consulting
ACEE Privilege Escalation Prevention
Joel Tilton
Converting RACF Dataset Name and Range Table to Parmlib
Adam Klinger, Wells Fargo
RACF Surveys
Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting
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Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - RUGONE + KOIRUG + CHIRUG
*** WebEx hosted by
RSH
Consulting ***
Agenda: |
Using the Tivoli Directory Server for z/OS (LDAP) to Manage
Password Synchronization
Sandra E. Carroll, Navy Federal
RACF Class Descriptor Table
Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting
IBM Z Pervasive Encryption Overview with Dataset Encryption
and zERT Demo
Jimmy Ference, Sirius Computer
Solutions
The Joy of JOINKEYS
Mark Nelson, IBM
|
Thursday, May 9, 2019
*** Sponsored by
SSH and
SDS
Agenda: |
Certificate 101
Sandra E. Carroll,
Nationwide
Securing your FTP Transmissions
on z/OS
Colin van der Ross, SDS
RACF Healthchecks
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting
High Expectations: Our Systems
are (or could be) Like Airplanes
Mark Nelson, IBM
What’s New in RACF in z/OS V2R4?
Mark Nelson, IBM |
Thursday, October 18, 2018
* Sponsored by
RSH Consulting
Agenda: |
Vulnerability Management for the
Mainframe
Sandra E. Carroll,
Nationwide
RACF SETROPTS
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting
RACF Class Descriptor Table
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting
Examining a Mainframe Internet
Hack
Robyn E. Gilchrist, RSH
Consulting |
Thursday, May 10,
2018
*** Sponsored by
ASPG ***
Agenda: |
A Peek Inside the RACF Database
Mark
Nelson, IBM
A Fresh Look at Erase-on-Scratch
Mark
Nelson, IBM
RACF Monitoring & Reporting
Robert
S. Hansel, RSH Consulting
Network Security and SERVAUTH
Peter
Roberts, Vanguard
Integrity Professionals
Roundtable Discussion: User
Experiences with SIEMs
|
Thursday, November 2, 2017
** Sponsored by
Vanguard **
Agenda: |
Common Vulnerabilities in RACF
Audits
Julie Bergh, IBM
ICSF Basics
Dustin Hayes, Vanguard
Integrity Professionals
Roundtable Discussion: Who is a
"Privileged" User?
RACF Update & Pervasive
Encryption
Julie Bergh, IBM |
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
** Sponsored by
Key Resources **
Agenda: |
PROGRAM Control
Bruce Wells, IBM
Closing the Integrity Gap for
the Mainframe
Ray Overby, Key Resources
z/OSMF
Julie Bergh, IBM
UNIXPRIV Class
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting |
Thursday, November 10, 2016
*** Sponsored by
IBM ***
Agenda: |
A View from RACF Level 2
John Reale, III, IBM
Help Prevent Possible Breaches:
Stronger User Authentication and New Encryption Policy Support
Julie Bergh, IBM
Sponsor: RACF is 40 years old
but have your security practices stood the test of time?
Julie Bergh, IBM
40 year History of RACF
Julie Bergh, IBM |
Tuesday,
April 26, 2016 **
Sponsored by
Type80 and SDS **
Agenda: |
z/OS UNIX System Services
Security 50.5 (Only half as introductory as UNIX Security
101!)
Bruce Wells, IBM
RACF Utilities
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting
Digital Certificates
Dustin Hayes, Vanguard
Integrity Professionals |
Thursday,
November 5, 2015 *
Sponsored by CA
Technologies
Agenda: |
My Adventures with TCP/IP Port
Security and RACF on z/OS
Joel Tilton, DTCC
RACF Administrative Authorities
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting
RACF Update
Bruce Wells, IBM
Introduction to The Risk
Adaptive Security Model
Al Ganley, CA Technologies |
Tuesday,
June 2, 2015
*** Sponsored by
CorreLog ***
Agenda: |
Auditing CICS Security for Best
Practices
Phil
Emrich,
Vanguard Integrity Professionals
Taking the "Sword" out of
"Password"
Bruce
Wells, IBM
Sponsor: Bridge the Gap: How to
Use a Product You Already Own to Enhance z/OS Security
George Faucher, CorreLog
|
Tuesday,
November 4, 2014
*** Sponsored by
NewEra ***
Agenda: |
Weak z/OS & RACF Configuration
can Compromise your Mainframe
Doug Behrends, Vanguard
Integrity Professionals
DSMON
Todd Grant, Navient |
Thursday,
May 29, 2014
*** Sponsored by
ASPG ***
Agenda: |
RACF & Storage Administration
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting, Inc.
Introduction to RACROUTE
Mark Nelson, IBM
RACF Requirements
Mark Nelson, IBM
RACF Update
Mark Nelson, IBM
Understanding z/OS Cryptography
Greg Thomason, ASPG |
Tuesday,
October 8, 2013
** Sponsored by
RSH
Consulting **
Agenda: |
DB2 Security for RACF
Administrators
Phil Emrich, Vanguard
Integrity Professionals
Converting DB2 Object Security
to RACF - A User Experience
John Trimble, Sallie Mae
RACFVARS
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting, Inc.
TSO & RACF
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting, Inc.
Sponsor Presentation
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting, Inc. |
Thursday,
May 2, 2013
*** Sponsored by
SSH ***
Agenda: |
A View from RACF Level 2
John Reale, III, IBM
SETROPTS
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting, Inc.
Roundtable Discussion:
Responding to Audits
Moderator: Todd Grant,
Sallie Mae
The APPL Class
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting, Inc.
z/OS Security outside of SAF and
RACF
Dave Rivard, SSH
Communication Security |
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
** Sponsored by
Voltage **
Agenda: |
Protecting JES Resources with
RACF
Peter Roberts, Vanguard
Integrity Professionals
Protecting SDSF Resources using
RACF
Peter Roberts, Vanguard
Integrity Professionals
Enterprise Encryption 101
Phil Smith III, Voltage
Security, Inc.
The Payments Ecosystem: Security
Challenges in the 21st Century
Phil Smith III, Voltage
Security, Inc.
|
Thursday, June 7, 2012
*** Sponsored by
Xbridge
***
Agenda: |
Common Holes in RACF Defenses
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting, Inc.
RACF Monitoring and Reporting
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting, Inc.
Replacing BPX.DEFAULT.USER
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting, Inc.
What Are You Going To Do With
All That Sensitive Data?
Barry Schrager, Xbridge
Systems
|
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
***
Sponsored by ASPG
***
Agenda: |
Websphere MQ Security
Tom Schneider, IBM
UNIXPRIV Class
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting, Inc.
How Grouping and Member Profiles
are Merged during RACLIST
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting, Inc.
Understanding Cryptography
Greg Thomason, ASPG
|
Thursday, May 5, 2011
*** Sponsored by Vanguard
***
Agenda: |
DISA-STIGs: What They Are and
Why You Should Care
Brian Marshall, Vanguard
Integrity Professionals
Address Security Vulnerabilities
for USS
Brian Marshall, Vanguard
Integrity Professionals
RACF Performance Tuning
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting, Inc.
IRRHFSU - HFS Unload Utility
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting, Inc.
|
Thursday, October 21, 2010 *
Sponsored by
Key Resources *
Agenda: |
Is your z/OS System Secure?
Ray Overby, Key Resources,
Inc.
Payment Card Industry (PCI)
Readiness Reviews
Jim Yurek, Vanguard
Integrity Professionals
RACF Update
IBM RACF Development Team
DBSHIELD z/OS R10
Ira Ringel, IBM RACF
Development Team
|
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
*** Sponsored by
Type80 ***
Agenda: |
Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol (LDAP)
Saheem Granados, IBM
RACF Command Tips
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting
RACF Authorization Logic
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting
|
Thursday, October 29, 2009
*** Sponsored by IBM ***
Agenda: |
RACLIST 101 (aka RACLIST
Bootcamp)
Russ Hardgrove, IBM
FACILITY Class
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting
RACF Custom Fields
Laurie Ward, IBM
|
Thursday, May 7, 2009
*** Sponsored by
EKC
***
Agenda: |
Common Security exposures in
TCPIP communication Setup
John Connors, Vanguard
Integrity Professionals
Common Security exposures
in the z/OS USS environment
John Connors, Vanguard
Integrity Professionals
Circumventing RACF Protection
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting |
Thursday, November 6, 2008* Sponsored by
RSH Consulting *
Agenda: |
RACF Update
Mark
Nelson, IBM
Implementing the RACF/DB2
Interface
Bill Bowles & Kevin Arnold, OPERS
|
Thursday, May 8, 2008 *** Sponsored by
Infosec ***
Agenda: |
WebSphere Application Server Security
Mike
Kearney, IBM
Roundtable Discussions
Barb Rhoads & Bill Bowles, Moderators
CICS Command Security
Doc Farmer, Infosec
|
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 *** Sponsored by
Vanguard ***
Agenda: |
Unix File System Security
Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting
RACF, TCP/IP, and The
SERVAUTH Class
Jim McNeill, Vanguard Integrity Professionals
|
Thursday, May 31, 2007
*** Sponsored by
ASPG ***
Agenda: |
General Resource Fundamentals
Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting
DFSORT & ICETOOL
Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting
Understanding Cryptography
Greg Thomason, ASPG, Inc.
|
Thursday, October 12, 2006
*** Sponsored by
CA ***
Agenda: |
RACF and z/OS UNIX: Integrated More Than You May Know
Bruce
Wells, IBM
RACF & REXX
Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting
Digital Certificates 101
Bob Kleamovich, CA
RACF & Storage Administration
Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting
|
Thursday, June 8, 2006 ** Sponsored by
Beta Systems
**
Agenda: |
RACF Update
IBM
Identity Management and Security Provisioning (in Mainframe &
Mixed Environments)
Frank
Pasko, Beta Systems
Roundtable: Using HR Data to
Administer RACF
Moderator: Barb Rhoads, Cincinnati Financial
RACF & CICS
Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting
|
Thursday, October 13, 2005 ** Sponsored by Vanguard **
Agenda: |
RACF Administrative Authorities
Robert
S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting
SSL & Digital Certificates
Jim
NcNeill, Vanguard
Roundtable - Emergency Access
for Application Developers
Moderator - Barb Rhoads, Cincinnati Financial
RACF & JES
Jim
NcNeill, Vanguard
|
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
*** Sponsored by
CONSUL ***
Agenda: |
FACILITY Class
Mark
Hahn, RSH
Consulting
RACF Utilities
Mark
Hahn, RSH
Consulting
Top 10 MVS and RACF Issues to
Audit
Randy Young, Consul Risk Management
The Things We Do for Compliance
Randy Young, Consul Risk Management
|
Thursday, October 14, 2004
*** Sponsored by
MASE ***
Agenda: |
RACF Performance Tuning
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting
RACF Monitoring and Reporting
Robert S. Hansel, RSH Consulting
Implementing RACF Policy Enforcement: Users Experience
Simon Dodge, SiCon inc.
Cleaning Up Inactive RACF
Userids: A User Experience
Simon Dodge, SiCon inc.
|
Thursday, May 6, 2004
*** Sponsored by Vanguard ***
Agenda: |
RACF & Unix Systems Services
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting
Using the RACF Data Security Monitor
Jim McNeill, Vanguard Integrity Professionals
DB2 Security for RACF Administrators
Jim McNeill, Vanguard Integrity Professionals
|
Thursday, October 23, 2003
* Sponsored by
RSH Consulting
*
Agenda: |
RACF Update
Mark
Nelson, IBM
RACF SETROPTS
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting
RACF Command Tips
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting
Common Holes in RACF Defenses
Robert S. Hansel, RSH
Consulting
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