
5.1 CICS/ESA
Figure 61. CICS/ESA
Key Points
CICS relies on an external security manager, such as RACF, for identification
and authentication and to protect resources such as transactions, application
programs, program specification blocks, files, journals, and application defined
resources
Presentation Script
CICS:
As an online transaction-processing system (often supporting many
thousands of terminals), CICS clearly needs the protection of a security system
to ensure that the resources to which it manages access are protected, and
secure from unauthorized access.
To provide the necessary security for your CICS regions, CICS uses the MVS
system authorization ...