Work management security

This section discusses security issues associated with work management on the system.

The following issues are described in this section.

Job initiation
The system checks the authority to some objects when a job is started.
Workstations
The system performs authority checking for a workstation when you sign on.
Signon screen display file
The system administrator can change the system signon display to add text or company logo to the display.
Subsystem descriptions
The subsystem descriptions perform several functions on the system.
Job descriptions
A job description is a valuable tool for security and work management.
System operator message queue
You can specify the authorities to control access to the system operator message queue
Library lists
The library list for a job indicates which libraries are to be searched and the order in which they are to be searched.
Printing
You can control the security of the output queues on your system.
Network attributes
Network attributes control how your system communicates with other systems.
Save and restore operations
The ability to save objects from your system or restore objects to your system represents an exposure to your organization.
Performance tuning
Monitoring and tuning performance is not the responsibility of a security officer. However, the security officer should ensure that users are not altering the performance characteristics of the system to speed up their own jobs at the expense of others.

Parent topic: Security reference

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