A good example of how z System is keeping up with encryption and making it even easier to use can be seen in the brief summary in "Preview: IBM z/OS Version 2 Release 3" at http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&infotype=an&supplier=897&letternum=ENUS217-085 . It has this information about plans to make it easy to keep data encrypted with a minimum of work on the part of the system owner or programmer.
========= Begin clipped text ========== New approach to encryption --------------------------------- The threat of data breaches in conjunction with compliance mandates are driving the need for clients to adopt extensive use of encryption across their enterprises. z/OS V2.3 plans to replace application development efforts with transparent, policy-based data set encryption: * Planning enhanced data protection for z/OS data sets, zFS file systems, and Coupling Facility structures to give users the ability to encrypt data without needing to make costly application program changes. * Designing new z/OS policy controls to make it possible to use pervasive encryption to protect user data and simplify the task of compliance. * z/OS Communications Server will be designed to include encryption readiness technology to enable z/OS administrators to determine which TCP and Enterprise Extender traffic patterns to and from their z/OS systems meet approved encryption criteria and which do not. ========= End clipped text ========== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
