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CAISSF

The CAI Standard Security Facility (CAISSF) allows CA Technologies products to offer standardized security interfaces without regard to the particular needs of underlying access control software. CAISSF offers user authentication and resource access validation facilities, and can interface with CA security products (CA ACF2 for z/OS or CA Top Secret for z/OS) or compatible non-CA security products.

For CA security products, CAISSF includes the following features:

• A single security mechanism
• Isolation of CA Technologies products from other product mechanisms

For non-CA security products, CAISSF includes the following features:

• Resource class translation
• Access level translation
• Selective logging of requests
• Request type control
• Message support for failed access