Karl Severson wrote: >We have to have our systems waivered for one reason: no anti virus software on >VM.
Just ask these auditors this one question: 'Are there ANY vendors for antivirus software for these platforms: z/VM and z/OS?' (I'm not speaking about Linux under z/VM and such software inside Linux.) >Clearly there has to come a time when each platform (Windows, Linux, zVM, >etc.) is judged on its own merits but that will probably be too much work and >will never happen. Agreed. In a galaxy far far away, gazillion years ago, some auditors wanted me (and my network guys) to ensure that all platforms (Novell LAN, Microsoft LAN, OS/390, Windows 98, NT and XP) must have ONE shared grouping of employees, accesses, logon restrictions, userid standard and password standard policy... For example: group X must have Z accesses on certain grouping of 'directory / folders' [1] on all these platforms including OS/390! I gave up... (and these auditors soon gave up too... ;-D ) Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht [1] - I hate mixing of terminology accross platforms. :-/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
