The z/OS Storage Administrator's View of Pervasive Encryption

Project and Program: MVS, MVS Storage Management

Tags: Proceedings , SHARE Dallas 2022

IBM's Pervasive Encryption initiative aims to encrypt all the data, all the time. The Security Administrator controls access. The End User employs the data. But it's the Storage Administrator who's responsible for where, when, and how data is created, placed, backed up, and restored. In this session, we'll take a practical look at just how z/OS dataset-level encryption is implemented, its impact on storage administration, the interactions between DFSMS and RACF, and the interlocking roles of Storage Administration, Security, and the End User in providing data protection.

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