Not easily. Sometimes in the MCS the APAR description might say Integrity APAR, 
or when you search for information on the APAR on Service Link it won't be 
found. That's a flag to me that it's an integrity/security APAR.

Mark Jacobs

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On Wednesday, January 10th, 2024 at 3:46 PM, ITschak Mugzach 
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> Mark, there is a way to identify such PTFs without access to the holddata,
> but the CVE information is not accessible.
> 
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> On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 10:43 PM Mark Jacobs <
> 00000224d287a4b1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Yes. They make their way into normal RSUs just like all other recommended
> > PTFs. Without access to the security portal they won't be identified as
> > SECINT PTFs though.
> > 
> > Mark Jacobs
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> > On Wednesday, January 10th, 2024 at 3:22 PM, rpinion865 <
> > 0000042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
> > 
> > > Which begs the next question. Would security related PTFs make their way
> > > into normal RSUs, or must they be ordered separately as per the holddata?
> > > 
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> > > On Wednesday, January 10th, 2024 at 3:14 PM, Allan Staller
> > > 00000387911dea17-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Classification: Confidential
> > > > 
> > > > This is a severely manual process.
> > > > The PTFS/APARS can be determined from the HOLDDATA.
> > > > 
> > > > The PTFs are individually orderable via ShopZ (just like any other
> > > > PTF). The only difference is that the PTF/APAR information is only
> > > > available in the HOLDDATA.
> > > > 
> > > > HTH,
> > > > 
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> > > > I know how to navigate to IBM's Security Portal and pull down the
> > > > security hold data. My question pertains to where does one get the 
> > > > security
> > > > related PTFs and APARs. In other words, do the security related PTFs and
> > > > APARs have to be pulled down from another site, as opposed to the site
> > > > where one pulls down general maintenance? Thanks in advance.
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