Breakglass provides temporary emergency access control in a fully secured and audited manner. Different user groups can request temporary additional security permissions in order to complete a specific task.
Business Objective
Breakglass software enables fast and easy emergency access control for authorized users in a secure and flexible manner, supporting multiple user groups with different access and privilege levels. User groups, permitted requesters and authorized managers are fully controlled by RACF profiles, and all requests and approvals are fully audited via SMF records and console messages.
RSM Partners Solution
Breakglass temporarily enables one or more users to perform essential or emergency administration tasks: temporarily elevating their own privileges or providing an alternative user ID with special privileges. Both approaches are secure and fully auditable.
User interface via standard web browser over encrypted HTTPS connection
Authorized users requiring Breakglass access to applications either request access to a Breakglass user ID or request elevated privileges for their own user ID
Allows multiple users concurrent access to Breakglass
Depending on time of day, requests are granted automatically or require manager approval
If using Breakglass IDs with elevated privileges, passwords are not known and IDs can optionally be kept in a revoked state
All requests for access include a change/incident number plus optional descriptive text - all viewable by the approving manager and saved in audit logs
No non-mainframe software installation required
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