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V-223713

IBM z/OS RACF Security Technical Implementation Guide

CAT II

Title

IBM RACF use of the RACF SPECIAL Attribute must be justified.

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<VulnDiscussion>The organization must perform a periodic scan/review of the application (as required by CCI-000384) and disable functions, ports, protocols, and services deemed to be unneeded or non-secure.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></Miti...

Fix Text (Documentation Requirement)

Review all USERIDs with the SPECIAL attribute. Ensure documentation providing justification for access is maintained and filed with the ISSO, and that unjustified access is removed. For the SYSTEM SPECIAL attribute: A sample command for removing the SPECIAL attribute is shown here: ALU <userid> NOSPECIAL. For the GROUP SPECIAL attribute: CO <user> GROUP(<groupname>) NOSPECIAL

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