Explained: RACF

A bank teller logs into the mainframe every morning. She can view account balances and initiate transfers. She cannot access the payroll database. She cannot modify account interest rates. She cannot run the overnight batch jobs. She does not know any of this is being enforced. She just sees the transactions she is permitted to run and nothing else. That enforcement is RACF. Every access attempt, by every user, by every batch job, by every starte… Read More