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Installation-Defined Resources

CA Top Secret can protect installation-defined resources. Installation-defined resources are those resource classes for which VM’s access control interface does not normally issue a security call, but which nevertheless, must be protected. Implementing security for such resources involves customizing CA Top Secret exits or interface calls in VM products or applications programs.

CA Top Secret provides a group of reserved keywords that reference these installation-defined resource classes:

The first three keywords are used for owned resource types; the last, USERxx, for unowned resource types. Ownable resources may only be restricted by expiration date, access level, time and day, privileged program, and facility.