IBM System z in a Mobile World: Providing Secure and Timely Mobile Access to the Mainframe

Enabling end-to-end security

In this chapter, we describe the end-to-end security solution that we implemented for the GENAPP mobile application.

The security solution is based on the principal of having multiple layers of security, thus benefitting from the combined capabilities of Worklight, DataPower, CICS, and z/OS security (System SSL and RACF).

This chapter contains the following topics:

•Introduction

•Using LTPA-based authentication with Worklight

•Enabling Worklight application authenticity checks

•Using DataPower as a mobile security ...