CEPS, the start transaction adapter for event processing, was introduced in CICS® Transaction Server for z/OS®, Version 5 Release 1.
CEPS is defined in the supplied resource definition group DFHEP. It is defined with RESSEC(YES) and CMDSEC(YES). CEPS runs the CICS program DFHECEAS, the start transaction adapter program. You can use an alternative transaction that runs DFHECEAS.
CEPS is a RACF® Category 2 transaction.