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Authorized Program Facility

z/OS uses a concept called the Authorized Program Facility (APF) to control which programs are permitted to use system storage keys and supervisor state. The integrity statement places the responsibility for security with its customers. This is particularly true of APF. See APF‑Authorized Libraries in the “System Installation Choices” chapter for more information about APF. The System Review Checklist gives you specific tests to perform.