Mainframe Security Solutions

Increase Productivity and Security across the Enterprise

Quest Software acquired PassGo Technologies to provide a comprehensive security solution for the mainframe enterprise network supporting OS/390 or z/OS, across the whole VTAM network.

Are you looking to cut your security budgets but still retain the protection and security of the enterprise? With Quest’s low-cost mainframe security solutions, you will find an effective way to ensure security while improving your productivity.

Our solutions are found in Global 2000 companies, across the enterprise and in departments such as customer service, call centers and direct banking. Over two million users at over one thousand organizations worldwide are gaining business advantage through simplified access to multiple critical information sources and fortified security of their business systems.

Quest Software’s Mainframe Security tools include:

GoPlex an easy to use, full screen interface which allows authorized operators to control and view users logged on to any of the PassGo's MultSess, NC-Access or NCI/XF products. This single point of control can also be used to administer and control the multiple copies of the defined products.

NC-Pass Network Security Managers protect information by directing the user via user ID and password to permitted applications only. You can also force users to provide additional token authentication.

Defender ME tokens provide security for your entire System z mainframe network or beyond the VTAM network, or a single business transaction. Defender ME network security managers provide a wide range of user authentication and access controls. Defender ME gives you the ability to authenticate users via any of the leading dynamic password tokens at three levels: network entry, application selection and business transaction as well as MVS systems.

• Defender ME VSSE – VTAM Session Security Exit uses the VTAM Session Management Exit (SME) to allow only authorized connections
• Defender ME Secure - provides active network security and information protection by directing the user, via user ID and password, to permitted applications only
• Defender ME Authenticator - maintains the full range of facilities including all the features of Defender ME Secure as well as incorporating three-factor authentication using personal devices

NC-Syncom provides password synchronization spanning multiple systems, servers, networks and applications. NC-Syncom picks up authorized password changes that a user makes in the normal course of corporate password change policy, or due to a system requirement.

NC-Access is a flexible full-featured Session Manager for OS/390 or z/OS that integrates with a single sign-on and common network authentication managers. It provides control for thousands of terminals and one common network entry procedure for any type of user and interface to all major security systems to permit user validation and/or authentication throughout the network.

VTAM Networks

MultSess many users in a VTAM network environment need access to more than one application at the same time or concurrent access to more than one transaction within the same TP monitor. The time taken, the loss of productivity and the sheer frustration of increasingly demanding a user changing from one application to another is solved with a fast, high-performance session manager.

NCI/XF is a unique programming tool for tailoring, customizing, extending functionality for 3270 terminals and developing sophisticated Single Point of Entry VTAM network systems. NCI/XF enables every customer to implement future operational requirements across the whole network with precision and confidence.