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General System Security

CA VM:Secure and CA VM:Director provide basic security features to sites that are not running the Rules Facility. These features include:

Password verification with other security systems

CA VM:Secure and CA VM:Director can check the source directory to verify logon passwords that users enter while executing CA VM:Secure commands. This feature is essential for sites that use other security packages where the CP directory does not store the logon password.

Directory link statement verification

CA VM:Secure and CA VM:Director can verify a directory link to a virtual machine. You can also prevent users from defining directory links to sensitive or privileged user IDs, such as MAINT or OPERATOR.

Minidisk link mode and password verification

CA VM:Secure and CA VM:Director can secure sensitive minidisks from harm by verifying changes made to a minidisk’s access mode and link passwords.

Logon password checking

CA VM:Secure and CA VM:Director let you define standards for how many characters a password can have and what those characters can be. The products can also force users to change their passwords on a regular schedule and prevent reuse of recently used passwords.

Additionally, CA VM:Secure provides the following:

Rules Facility (CA VM:Secure only)

The CA VM:Secure Rules Facility provides complete rule‑based security control. For more information, see the Rules Facility Guide.