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Defining New Control ACIDs

Control ACIDs, because they are used to define Security Administrators, are considered to be at the top of the CA Top Secret organizational hierarchy. To define a new Control ACID, the following keywords must be specified:

• NAME
• PASSWORD
• TYPE (i.e. SCA, LSCA, ZCA, VCA, DCA)
• scope (i.e. the appropriate department for a DCA)

For example, the following defines a VCA, called DEVVCA, to the Development division:

TSS CRE(DEVVCA) TYPE(VCA) NAME('DEVELOPMENT VCA')
    DIV(DEV) PASS(PEAR01,7)

If a new DCA was being defined, then DEPT would replace the DIV keyword. If a new ZCA was being defined, then ZONE would replace the DIV keyword. If a new SCA was being defined, then neither the DIV nor DEPT keywords would be necessary, since, by default, an SCA’s scope encompasses the entire corporation.