Business benefits
| Features | Advantages | Benefits |
|---|---|---|
| Provides threat knowledge base with parameters from your active configurations | Helps isolate relevant attack , patterns, detect multiple types of attacks and configuration threats, including those external to the event log (SMF record) | Knowledge of configuration mistakes and attacks can help you take action before others can exploit them. |
| Offers a broad range of monitoring capabilities, including monitoring sensitive data for misuse on IBM z/OS, IBM RACF, CICS, IMS, the IBM Communications Server, Linux on System z, and UNIX subsystems. | Helps enhance access controls and identify resources that need protection, across multiple platforms. | Monitoring critical data aids in maintaining data integrity and staying ahead of potential security policy violations. |
| Sends critical alerts to enterprise audit, compliance, and monitoring solutions | Can automatically send security information from the mainframe into Tivoli Security Information and Event Manager, Tivoli Security Operations Manager, and network and enterprise consoles. | Timely alerts help you respond quickly to security events to prevent further damage and to easily include mainframe data in company-wide audit and compliance reports. |
| Monitor critical system settings and send alerts if changes are detected. | Continuous monitoring of critical system settings to detect changes for which there are no event triggers. Configure alerts to notify administrative and management when changes are detected. | Address SOX and JSOX requirements to audit critical system settings. |
| Create custom alert messages | Easily create custom alert messages by modifying existing alert messages, or creating new ones. | New alerts can be created by support, consultants, and other authorized users based on installation-defined requirements. |
| Provides integrated remediation with Security zSecure Admin | IBM Security zSecure Alert integrates smoothly with IBM Security zSecure Admin for end-to-end monitoring and remediation. | Enables administrators to quickly diagnose and remediate failures or exposures. |
IBM Security zSecure Alert, part of the IBM Security zSecure suite, offers real time mainframe threat detection/prevention, with alerts and automated commands to counter attacks and misconfigurations.
