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SecureSphere Agent for DB2 z/OS Benefits:
- Provides 100% visibility into critical operations, including: SELECTS, DML and DDL, privileged activities and DB2 utilities
- Uses zIIP processors minimize impact on total cost of mainframe computing
- Unified reporting and alerting of DB2 z/OS audit events with other enterprise platforms
- Centralized management of agent configuration, audit policies and reports
- Real-Time alerts on policy violations and security events
Meet Compliance Requirements and Minimize the Impact of a Data Breach
SecureSphere agent for DB2 z/OS provides comprehensive monitoring and auditing of database activities, as required by various government and industry regulations. The audit trail includes details to answer data access questions like: who?, what?, when?, where?, how? and why?. SecureSphere analyzes database activity to identify potential breaches of sensitive data and provides alerts, reports and analysis views to enable quick investigation and support of risk mitigation efforts.
Avoid Performance Impact Associated with Monitoring DB2 for z/OS
Traditional approaches for monitoring activity on DB2 for z/OS are resource intensive, causing performance degradation. SecureSphere agent for DB2 z/OS has been designed to avoid these pitfalls by collecting only necessary audit data and leveraging the mainframe zIIP processors. By using zIIP processors, the agent frees up general computing capacity and minimizes the impact on total cost of mainframe computing.
Real-Time Architecture, Enterprise Scalability
SecureSphere collects and analyzes audit data about database events in real-time. SecureSphere can instantly notify security and operations team about any violation of corporate data access policies. All audit processing and data storage is done on the SecureSphere appliances preserving mainframe resources – each appliance can work with multiple agents. This agent architecture easily scales to meet the most demanding environments.
Seamless integration into SecureSphere Database Activity Monitoring
The specialized SecureSphere agent for DB2 z/OS is fully integrated into the complete SecureSphere Database Activity Monitoring. Audit data from DB2 z/OS systems is processed and combined with audit data from other enterprise systems providing a complete unified view of user access to sensitive data. SecureSphere analytical views, reports and alerts accelerate incident response and enable quick resolution.
Simple Agent Deployment and Management
SecureSphere agent for DB2 z/OS is easy to deploy with a typical installation taking less than 30 minutes per LPAR. The agent installation does not require any changes to the audited systems or a restart of the LPAR. Once the agents have been deployed they can be configured and managed from a centralized management interface. Audit policies can be quickly applied to audit DB2 for z/OS systems and granularity of audit policies ensures only needed events are audited. Auditing DB2 for z/OS does not require deep technical understanding of these platforms or special audit policies. SecureSphere provides an easy, usable interface that simplifies audit management across all enterprise platforms.
A Reliable Solution for Your Most Critical Platforms
The SecureSphere agent for DB2 z/OS technology was jointly developed with Neon Software. It combines proven z/OS monitoring technology, built on decades of mainframe development expertise, with SecureSphere's leading database security solutions. The integrated solution enables centralized configuration, auditing and reporting across heterogeneous enterprise databases – a key requirement in regulations such as PCI, SOX, HIPAA and others. With its industry-best auditing and real-time protection thousands of organizations choose Imperva SecureSphere to safeguard their most valuable assets.