And….so it Begins

In my last post, I mentioned that Craig Mullins and I had written a new article  (http://www.idug.org/p/bl/et/blogid=31&blogaid=32) regarding  ”A Common Language for DB2 Security”.   That article inspired a well-respected Senior DBA who understands DB2 on POWR i Systems security to write me this email:

” You can also share that these privileges apply to DB2 UDB running on POWER i under i/OS.  SECADM has been a special authority that could be granted to those who need the ability to audit and report system activity. ”

Isn’t that awesome!   The whole “common language” and “sharing” concept is already starting to work!

Thanks Mike Shaw for this excellent information!   Your contribution just proves that as an IDUG community, we not only HAVE the knowledge, we will go out of our way to SHARE it.

 

 

 

 

The Language of DB2 Security

Have you ever tried to communicate with someone who didn’t speak your language?   Did you find that the message inevitably got garbled?

As a security junkie DB2 LUW DBA type, I often felt that the z/OS DB2 DBAs and I spoke a different language.  Sure, we were always able to discuss database security in general terms, but when it came to the specifics, there was a communication issue.

The good news for ALL DB2 DBAs is that with DB2 10 z/OS  and DB2 LUW 9.7, security terminology is “more alike and less different”.   If you’d like to learn more about our new common language, read the article that Craig Mullins and I wrote for IDUG.  http://www.idug.org/p/bl/et/blogid=31&blogaid=32