ACID Security › Defining Department, Division, and Zone ACIDs

Defining Department, Division, and Zone ACIDs

Other ACID types that may be defined through CA Top Secret include Department, Division, and Zone ACIDs. Department ACIDs are used to define resources to entire departments, while Division ACIDs are used to define resources to entire divisions. Zone ACIDs, on the other hand, are used to define resources to two or more divisions that have been grouped together.

Only two keywords are required to define Department, Division, or Zone ACIDs:

• TYPE
• NAME

For example, to create the Financial Applications department, an administrator would enter:

TSS CRE(FINDEPT) TYPE(DEPT) NAME('FINANCIAL APPL')

To associate the newly created Financial Applications department with the Financial Applications division, an administrator would enter:

TSS CRE(FINDEPT) TYPE(DEPT) NAME('FINANCIAL APPL') DIV(FINDIV)

Finally, to associate the Financial Applications division with the Financial Applications zone, he would enter:

TSS CRE(FINDIV) TYPE(DIV) NAME('FINANCIAL DIVISION') ZONE(FINZONE)

Note: A Department ACID cannot be directly attached to a Zone ACID. It must first be attached to a Division ACID which can then be attached to a Zone ACID.