z/OS AND RACF ATTENTION AREAS

RACF settings 

RACF Resource Profile Audit Concerns 

z/OS system settings 

SAF router table ICHRFR01 and CDT xref

Sensitive Data Trustees 

IPL parameters 

RACF Authorized Caller Table ICHAUTAB

Sensitive Data by Profile 

SMF Parameters

RACF Range Table ICHRRNG

Entity and segment summaries

SMF Subsystem settings

RACF Data Set Name Table ICHRDSNT

Authorized Programs 

Subsystem 

Class Descriptor Table 

Program Access to Data Sets 

Virtual Storage Overview

Global Profile overview

Started Task protection 

Virtual Storage Writable

Trusted users 

Started Procedure Table and Started Class

MPF

System Authorizations

Globally writable data 

JES2 Job Classes

Group Authorizations

Undefined users and groups

Consoles

Shared UNIX uids and gids 

Redundant permits to userids

Program Property Table 

UNIX ids used in the HFS, but not to RACF

Check USER, GROUP and CONNECT

Sensitive Data Set 

Exceptional Password Interval 

Report Group hierarchy

Supervisor Call 

Expired Password 

Userids with trivial passwords

Program Call 

Initial Password 

Datasets not protected by a RACF profile

I/O Appendage 

Password Age 

Datasets defined by discrete profiles exist

DMS setting 

Failed Logon Attempts 

Generic profile has matching datasets

Exits and tables

Never Used Userids 

Discrete profiles for RACF-indicated datasets

DASD volumes

Inactive Userids 

Check that procedures can indeed be started

Effective UNIX mount points

Last Logon Date 

TSO users outside RACF / TSO segment