1. Authority on Demand Control Authority Rights & Emergency Access

2. The Challenge
System i sites define user’s security levels and allocate security rights corresponding to the different job responsibilities in the organization
Emergency access to critical application data and processes is a potentially serious security breach which is often uncovered in System i audits.
Manual approaches to this problem are not only error-prone, but do not comply with regulations and auditor’s often stringent security requirements.
Enables all the standard notification procedures
Interfaces other iSecurity products to give an overall security perspective, as well as activation of corrective response measures.

3. AOD Features
ADD and SWAP Security Levels (ADD is feature unique to AOD) – can ADD additional security rights to current user profile or grant a new security authority level.
Global Add SPCAUT
Authority Transfer On-Demand Rules & Providers - pre-define special authority "providers" and authority transfer rules.
Safe Recovery from Emergency – recover from emergency situations with minimum risk of human error and maximum reporting of activities while running with higher special authority.
Full Monitoring Capabilities - logs and monitors all relevant activities, and sends audit reports and real-time alerts when higher authority rights are provided.
Simple, Controlled Access – Only authorized users can grant authority or access critical data and processes and incorporates easy-to-use reporting and monitoring mechanisms.
Part of Comprehensive Solution - solidifies iSecurity's position as the most comprehensive security solution for System i environments.

4. Authority on Demand Training

6. AOD main menu. We’ll enter option 5 to define Authority Providers.

7. Let’s look at how QSECOFR is defined.

9. Let’s look at option 1, AOD rules.

13. System Configuration

14. System Configuration

15. System Configuration

16. System Configuration

17. System Configuration

18. System Configuration

19. System Configuration

20. System Configuration

21. Using Authority on Demand

22. The request was rejected, enter DSPAODLOG...

23. … because it was not requested during off hours.

24. Let’s update the definition the Rule and remove the time group EVENING

26. AOD is starting, the first command DSPJOB is run automatically

27. Then the seconds Command WRKSPLF
is run automatically

30. Note that the user profile authority has not changed

31. Note that the user profile authority has not changed

32. But the user profile now has QSECOFR rights

33. Reporting, an email is sent, a message is sent, a log is written

34. Auditing

35. Auditing
More information can be retrieved via the AODLOG

36. Auditing
More information can be retrieved via the AODLOG

37. Auditing

38. Auditing

39. Auditing
More information can be retrieved via the AODLOG

40. Example SWAP
SWAP profile

41. Example SWAP

42. Example SWAP
Job user has changed

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