Powerful Profiles

There's  power.  And then there's  too much power.
Too many people with too much access to critical data - that's  one of the most common security lapses uncovered in AS/400 audits.  Implementing some software tools can enforces segregation of duties.  Auditors tend to frown on IT staff writing the reports on their own activity!  So maybe this time home-grown tools will be out.
 
That is why we bring to the Australian market PowerTech Authority Broker.  It is an innovative tool that companies use to restrict privileged levels of access to those times when they are really necessary.  Programmers and IT staff no longer need to have special authorities like *ALLOBJ just in case they need them for emergency fixes.  Authority Broker enables administrators to grant special authorities only on an "as-needed" basis. All actions are fully audited while users are swapped to the powerful profile.
 
The number of profiles with special authorities can be reduced without disrupting normal business activity because the "switch profile" feature allows users to switch to higher authorities as needed.  Managers can get regular audit reports of activity or even custom alerts when one of their staff switches to a more powerful profile.
 
IBM now ships a trial copy of Authority Broker with every copy of i5/OS. 
 
For more information on how we can assist in this area click here.