IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication expands protection to IBM z/VM systems

IBM United States Software Announcement 220-175
May 19, 2020

Table of contents

	Overview		Technical information
	Key requirements		Ordering information
	Planned availability date		Terms and conditions
	Program number		Prices
	Publications

At a glance

IBM Z® Multi-Factor Authentication (IBM Z MFA) raises the level of assurance of your mission-critical systems with a flexible and tightly integrated multi-factor authentication solution. The IBM Z MFA and IBM® z/OS® Security Server RACF® programs help to create a layered defense by requiring selected z/OS users to authenticate with multiple factors:

Something they know, such as a password or security question
Something they have, such as an ID badge or cryptographic token device
Something they are, such as a fingerprint or another biometric attribute

Password technology, now over 50 years old, has proven to be susceptible to theft, and therefore business risk via a wide range of hacking techniques. The majority of users that sign on to z/OS are performing tasks that are critical to the success of their business. These include accessing personally identifiable information, managing money, working with intellectual property, sharing information with subcontractors or business partners, and managing systems with privileged status. Unwanted access to any of these users' accounts would be detrimental to a business. In addition, deployment of IBM Z MFA will enable businesses to satisfy a number of regulatory requirements that require support beyond password and password phrase technology. Businesses should consider all their z/OS accesses be leveraged via IBM Z MFA.

IBM Z MFA V2.1.0 adds support for strong authentication for users logging on to z/VM® systems that use an External Security Manager, including IBM z/VM 7.1 RACF running at maintenance level RACF Security Server for z/VM with APAR VM66367 applied.

IBM Z MFA V2.1.0 supports many authentication types and integration features.

Authentication Type or Integration Feature	z/OS	z/VM
RSA SecurID hard and soft tokens.	Yes	Yes
IBM TouchToken app for Time-based One-Time Passwords (TOTPs).	Yes	Yes
Generic TOTP support.	Yes	Yes
PassTicket support and application-level granularity.	Yes	No
Certificate-based authentication including Smart Cards (one of the supported types is Personal Identity Verification/Common Access Card (PIV/CAC)).	Yes	Yes
Generic RADIUS support.	Yes	Yes
SafeNet RADIUS support.	Yes	Yes
RSA SecurID RADIUS support.	Yes	Yes
One-Time Passcodes generated by the IBM Security Access Manager (ISAM) Pick-up OTP capability.	Yes	Yes
Tokens sent via SMS or email from IBM Cloud Identity Verify.	Yes	Yes
The ability to integrate an LDAP password with a strong authentication policy.	Yes	Yes
Yubico Yubikey tokens capable of generating One-Time Passcodes (OTPs) using Yubico's OTP algorithm.	Yes	Yes
The ability to obtain a secure credential from IBM Z MFA on one system or sysplex, and use the credential to access applications both inside and outside the sysplex boundary.	Yes	No
The ability to protect z/OS applications that use IBM HTTP Server -- Powered by Apache, now including 31-bit applications and applications that use subrequests.	Yes	No
The ability to accept authentication requests from ESMs running on z/VM.	No	Yes
The ability to run multiple instances of the Multi-Factor Authentication Web Services started task in a sysplex.	Yes	No
The ability to configure Multi-Factor Authentication to operate in a strict PCI-compliant mode.	Yes	Yes
Integration through an SAF API that enables Express Logon Facility to work with Multi-Factor Authentication.	Yes	No
Compound out-of-band authentication, which allows the specification of more than one authentication factor in the authentication process.	Yes	Yes
Compound in-band authentication, which requires the user to supply a RACF credential (password or passphrase) in conjunction with a valid MFA credential.	Yes	No
Enhanced security in the out-of-band pre-authentication web dialogs by requiring the user to provide their policy name prior to entering their user name and credentials for the specified policy. As an aid for ease-of-use, the address of the web server and policy name can be bookmarked by the user's web browser.	Yes	Yes
RACF Identity Tokens (JSON Web Tokens support) where a set of authentication API calls can be linked together to appear as a single authentication transaction.	Yes	No
Self-service SAF password or passphrase change for both MFA users and non-MFA users.	Yes	No
MFA-internal passwords, protected by PBKDF2, for use within an MFA policy or during self-service enrollment.	No	Yes
Self-service MFA-internal password change for MFA users only.	No	Yes

Overview

IBM Z MFA V2.1.0 is enhanced with new functionality and support. Existing clients are strongly encouraged to upgrade to V2.1.0 at their earliest convenience.

Integration with z/VM External Security Managers

IBM Z MFA adds support for strong user authentication to z/VM systems protected by IBM z/VM 7.1 RACF:

A separate installation of IBM Z MFA (IBM MFA for z/VM) is installed on an LPAR running a supported distribution of Linux® for IBM Z.
MFA user accounts associated with z/VM users are configured and maintained within IBM MFA for z/VM.
Entries for z/VM ESM clients are configured within IBM MFA for z/VM.
The user initially authenticates to IBM MFA for z/VM to acquire a secure credential, and then uses that credential instead of their z/VM password when accessing their protected z/VM system.

Protection beyond the z/OS sysplex boundary

IBM Z MFA adds support for the production of secure credentials that can be used both within and beyond the boundary of the sysplex where the credential was generated.

The user is configured via familiar IBM MFA techniques in the primary (credential generating) system or sysplex.
The user is configured to require a new AZFCKCTC factor in multiple secondary (consuming) systems or sysplexes.
In secondary (consuming) environments, the AZFCKCTC factor is configured to direct credential processing toward IBM MFA Web Services APIs hosted in the primary (generating) environment.

Key requirements

z/OS: z/OS Security Server RACF and z/VM: z/VM 7.1 RACF

Depending on the factor being used, the following may be additional requirements:

RSA Authentication Manager 8.1 for RSA SecurID exploitation
SafeNet Authentication Service 3.5.4, or later
A web browser that is capable of initiating TLS 1.2 sessions and operating with local smart card drivers if smart cards are employed
A compatible RADIUS server for generic RADIUS
An on-premises IBM Security™ Access Manager V9.0.6 instance, or access to a Cloud Identity Verify instance if using this support
Tokens compatible with either IBM Z MFA supported factors or ISAM

Planned availability date

May 22, 2020

Accessibility by people with disabilities

A US Section 508 Accessibility Compliance Report containing details on accessibility compliance can be found on the Product accessibility information website.

Reference information

For information about the IBM Z family servers, see the following announcements:

IBM z15™ Hardware Announcement 119-027, dated September 12, 2019
IBM z14® Hardware Announcement 119-014, dated February 12, 2019
IBM z14 Hardware Announcement 118-075, dated October 2, 2018
IBM z14 Hardware Announcement 118-018, dated April 10, 2018
IBM z14 Hardware Announcement 117-093, dated November 28, 2017
IBM z14 Hardware Announcement 117-044, dated July 17, 2017
IBM z13® Hardware Announcement 115-001, dated January 14, 2015
IBM z13s® Hardware Announcement 115-001, dated January 14, 2015
IBM zEnterprise® EC12 Hardware Announcement 112-155, dated August 28, 2012
IBM zEnterprise BC12 Hardware Announcement 113-121, dated July 23, 2013

For information about z/OS, see the following announcements:

IBM z/OS Software Announcement 220-102, dated March 17, 2020
IBM z/OS Software Announcement 219-210, dated December 10, 2019
IBM z/OS Software Announcement 219-344, dated July 23, 2019
IBM z/OS Software Announcement 219-102, dated April 23, 2019
IBM z/OS Software Announcement 219-122, dated March 5, 2019.

Program number

Program number	VRM	Program name
5655-MA1	2.1.0	IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication
5655-MA2	1.1.0	IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication S&S

IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication

Program number	Subscription and Support Program number
5655-MA1	5655-MA2

Business Partner information

If you are a Direct Reseller - System Reseller acquiring products from IBM, you may link directly to Business Partner information for this announcement. A PartnerWorld ID and password are required (use IBMid).

BP Attachment for Announcement Letter 220-175

Offering Information

Product information is available on the IBM Offering Information website.

Publications

The product documentation includes these publications:

Title	Order number
IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication Program Directory	GI13-5220-00
IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication Installation and Customization	SC27-8447-40
IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication User's Guide	SC27-8448-40
IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication for z/VM	SC27-4938-40

IBM Knowledge Center provides access to the IBM Z MFA documentation in HTML and PDF formats at the z/OS Welcome Page.

Services

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Technical information

Specified operating environment

Hardware requirements

A currently supported IBM Z server.

Software requirements

IBM Z MFA requires:

z/OS V2.2 Security Server RACF 2.2, or later, with PTFs for MFA support. See RACF Multi - Factor Authentication Support for details.
z/VM 7.1 RACF, or later, with PTFs for MFA support.
For generic RADIUS support, access to an external server that supports the RADIUS PAP protocol.
For SafeNet support, access to an external Gemalto SafeNet Authentication Service server.
For RSA SecurID exploitation, access to an external RSA Authentication Manager V8.1 server.
For ISAM exploitation, access to an ISAM server.
For Cloud Identity Verify exploitation, valid Cloud Identity Verify provisioned users.

Such information is provided subject to the following terms. IT system security involves protecting systems and information through prevention, detection, and response to improper access from within and outside your enterprise. Improper access can result in information being altered, destroyed, misappropriated, or misused, or can result in damage to or misuse of your systems, including for use in attacks on others. No IT system or product should be considered completely secure and no single product, service, or security measure can be completely effective in preventing improper use or access. IBM systems, products, and services are designed to be part of a lawful, comprehensive security approach, which will necessarily involve additional operational procedures, and may require other systems, products, or services to be most effective.

Important: IBM does not warrant that any systems, products, or services are immune from, or will make your enterprise immune from, the malicious or illegal conduct of any party.

Limitations

Authentication requests using IBM Z MFA are expected to be slower than non-IBM Z MFA authentication requests. At the very least, IBM Z MFA authentication will incur extra path length when calling Multi-Factor Authentication Services. Depending on the factor type, there may be additional considerations such as network calls to external authentication servers. Non-IBM Z MFA authentication requests should have little to no noticeable performance degradation.

See the Terms and conditions section of this announcement or the License Information document that is available on the IBM Software License Agreement website.

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Planning information

Packaging

The IBM Z MFA product package is distributed with the following:

Title	Order number
IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication Installation and Customization	SC27-8447-40
IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication User's Guide	SC27-8448-40

Direct client support

For technical support or assistance, contact your IBM representative or go to the IBM Support website.

Security, auditability, and control

The IBM Z MFA product is closely integrated with z/OS Security Server RACF and centralizes authentication factor information in the RACF database. IBM Z MFA relies on the RACF Security Administrator to identify which users are subject to requiring IBM Z MFA policy. IBM Z MFA relies on the integrity, security, and auditability features and functions of z/OS and the IBM Z platform hardware.

The client is responsible for evaluation, selection, and implementation of security features, administrative procedures, and appropriate controls in application systems and communication facilities.

Ordering information

Consult your IBM representative.

The programs in this announcement all have Value Unit-Based pricing.

Program number	Program name	Value Unit exhibit
5655-MA1	IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication	VUE040

For each IBM Z IPLA program with Value Unit pricing, the quantity of that program needed to satisfy applicable IBM terms and conditions is referred to as the required license capacity. Your required license capacity is based upon the following factors:

The IBM Z IPLA program you select.
The applicable Value Unit Exhibit.
The applicable terms.

Value Unit Exhibit VUE040

Cumulative Blocks of UserID Range	Value Units per Block of UserID
2 to 10	1.00 VU/Blocks of 500 UserIDs
11 to 30	0.50 VU/Blocks of 500 UserIDs
31 to 100	0.30 VU/Blocks of 500 UserIDs
101 to 300	0.20 VU/Blocks of 500 UserIDs
301 to 1000	0.15 VU/Blocks of 500 UserIDs
1001 to 2000	0.10 VU/Blocks of 500 UserIDs
2001 +	0.05 VU/Blocks of 500 UserIDs

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Charge metric

The charge metrics for these licensed products can be found in the following License Information documents:

Program identifier	License Information document title	License Information document number
5655-MA1	IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication Release 2.1.0	L-MZAI-BMET32
5655-MA2	IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication S&S 1.1.0	L-MZAI-BMET32

Select your language of choice and scroll down to the "Charge Metrics" section. Follow-on releases, if any, may have updated terms. See the License Information documents website for more information.

Basic license

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Program name: IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication

Program PID: 5655-MA1

Entitlement identifier	Description	License option/Pricing metric
S018G0T	IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication	Basic OTC, per Value Unit
	IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication	MultiVersion Measurement NC

Orderable supply ID	Language
S018FP2	US English

Subscription and support PID: 5655-MA2

Entitlement identifier	Description	License option/Pricing metric
S018G0V	IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication S&S	Basic MSC, per Value Unit
	IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication S&S	No charge, decline SW S&S
	IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication S&S	MultiVersion Measurement S&S NC

Orderable supply ID	Language	Distribution medium
S018FNZ	US English	Paper

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IBM Agreement for Acquisition of Software Maintenance (Z125-6011)

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License Information number

The following License Information documents apply to the offerings in this announcement:

Program identifier	License Information document title	License Information document number
5655-MA1	IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication Release 2.1.0	L-MZAI-BMET32
5655-MA2	IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication S&S 1.1.0	L-MZAI-BMET32

Follow-on releases, if any, may have updated terms. See the License Information documents website for more information.

Migration from IBM MFA V1.x

If you are planning to migrate to IBM MFA 2.1 from a version prior to 2.0, contact your IBM representative for the appropriate course of action.

Limited warranty applies

Yes.

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Volume orders (IVO)

No.

Passport Advantage applies

No.

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Variable charges apply

No.

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Yes. A 15% education allowance applies to qualified education institution clients.

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Statement of good security practices

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Important: IBM does not warrant that any systems, products, or services are immune from, or will make your enterprise immune from, the malicious or illegal conduct of any party.

Prices

For all local charges, contact your IBM representative.

Program name: IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication

Program PID: 5655-MA1

Entitlement identifier	Description	License option/Pricing metric
S018G0T	IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication	Basic OTC, per Value Unit
	IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication	MultiVersion Measurement NC

Subscription and Support PID: 5655-MA2

Entitlement identifier	Description	License option/Pricing metric
S018G0V	IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication S&S	Basic ASC, per Value Unit
	IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication	No charge, decline SW S&S
	IBM Z Multi-Factor Authentication	MultiVersion Measurement S&S NC

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