Fast/easy: Encrypt/decrypt a copy of the original dataset for backup purposes. Slow/hard: Code up ICSF calls to encrypt the info.
Expensive: Upgrade VTS to support encryption. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs Sent: Friday, July 10, 2020 8:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: PDS/e Encryption [CAUTION: This Email is from outside the Organization. Unless you trust the sender, Don’t click links or open attachments as it may be a Phishing email, which can steal your Information and compromise your Computer.] In this case we're not encrypting for the purpose of securing the execution of program objects, we need to have those datasets encrypted on our backup tapes. Our virtual tape technology solution doesn't support encrypting of data on the virtual tape, just on the backend storage, which isn't sufficient for our needs. Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.protonmail.ch%2Fpks%2Flookup%3Fop%3Dget%26search%3Dmarkjacobs%40protonmail.com&data=02%7C01%7Callan.staller%40HCL.COM%7Ce01cd7dd95e046ab624508d824d16e95%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637299829228155328&sdata=18wbMPuvsiN6GlS8nyFyPJKM8zYRj2wJqGxXDmtbiEw%3D&reserved=0 ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Friday, July 10, 2020 8:53 AM, Edgington, Jerry <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark, > > Are the PDS/e contain load modules?? If so, there is a way to secure the load > modules, instead of the PDS/e, include COBOL. > > Jerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] On Behalf > Of Mark Jacobs > Sent: Friday, July 10, 2020 8:51 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: PDS/e Encryption > > This message was sent from an external source outside of Western & Southern's > network. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the > sender and know the contents are safe. > > We have a requirement to encrypt a certain class of mainframe data. While > looking at doing so for PDS/e datasets (available with z/OS 2.4 and with PTFs > on 2,2 and 2.3), I've run into a quandary. Storing program objects in an > encrypted PDS/e isn't supported. > > I'm looking at the read-only ACS variables to see if I can ascertain whether > a PDS/e will be storing program objects so I can bypass assigning our > encryption dataclas, and there's nothing obvious for me to use. > > Has anyone come up with a solution for this? > > Mark Jacobs > > Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. > > GPG Public Key - > https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi. > protonmail.ch%2Fpks%2Flookup%3Fop%3Dget%26search%3Dmarkjacobs%40proton > mail.com&data=02%7C01%7Callan.staller%40HCL.COM%7Ce01cd7dd95e046ab > 624508d824d16e95%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C63729982 > 9228165317&sdata=cX%2BAFa2R%2F%2Fx%2FdHlCemtozmof9t9qHHafkZ109gnm9 > xA%3D&reserved=0 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------ > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ::DISCLAIMER:: ________________________________ The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. 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