ERA by ASPG is a security risk assessment and auditing tool designed to create personalized reports on RACF security events. It helps users generate customizable reports to assess and audit RACF events, making it easier to identify security violations and security-related changes. ERA simplifies the process of monitoring RACF events within an organization, providing an interactive view of selected RACF events and creating a complete audit trail with customizable reporting. It automates the extraction of SMF datasets, which are then managed and reviewed using ERA’s relational database repository. ERA includes a PC application component for enhanced flexibility and graphical capabilities when configuring the ERA Server and querying or viewing security data in the repository. It is designed for security auditors, security officers, RACF administrators, and systems engineers/administrators, making it ideal for enterprise data centers to identify violations in RACF security events and present this information to relevant personnel. ERA is accessible to IBM Z mainframe and PC users, requiring no training, SQL knowledge, or programming experience due to its intuitive GUI, PC application, and drag-and-drop report building capabilities.
