3.4 The Results

This evaluation scenario demonstrates how Management and Security Server can be used to meet your company’s security requirements by managing how domain users access the mainframe.

Specifically, the administrator is able to

  • integrate mainframe authorization with Windows Single Sign-On — the existing Identity Access Management (IAM).

  • upgrade to TLS 1.2 — without disrupting the business processes.

  • reinforce security — without jeopardizing usability.

The user

  • is able to log on as usual, access a secure mainframe session, and begin working.

  • is not able to alter settings that were locked down.

In production, you can use a similar approach to secure and manage thousands of workstations.

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