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E-News
eTrust™ Newsletter
Version 03.05
September 25, 2003

In This Newsletter
Product News
> Open Security Exchange™
> eTrust™ Audit
> eTrust™ Security Command Center
> eTrust™ Web Access Control and eTrust™ Admin
> Beta Program Updates

Product Updates
> Announcing eTrust™ CA-ACF2® Security for z/OS and OS/390 Release 6.5 SP01 - Now Available
> Announcing Support for IBM z/VM Version 4 Release 4.0
> eTrust™ Security Command Center

General Information
> eTrust™ in the News
> Cast Your Vote Now!
> eTrust™ Forum
> How to Become an eTrust™ Reference
> General Product Information
> eTrust™ User Groups
> Support Contact Information

Special Events
> Tradeshows

Product News
Open Security Exchange™
The new technical specifications for the integration of physical and IT security, Physbits 1.0, has been released and is ready for download at opensecurityexchange.com.

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eTrust™ Audit
New eTrust Audit iRecorders. No need to wait for the next version of eTrust Audit to access new iRecorder packages. View the list of iRecorders for security devices, operating systems, applications, and more, and download them at:

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eTrust™ Security Command Center
eTrust Security Command Center - Gaining a lot of Attention. eTrust Security Command Center is CA's flagship security management product, which reduces security information overload by collecting and prioritizing disparate security data from multiple security solutions. Since going GA on July 15, eTrust Security Command Center is already fulfilling a need for customers and partners. Read what our customers and partners have to say: ca.com/Solutions/Collateral.asp?CID=47654.

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eTrust™ Web Access Control and eTrust™ Admin
eTrust Web Access Control and eTrust Admin have achieved Open Group LDAP certification! Open Group is a third-party standards committee that provides interoperability. The certification allows for stronger integration to web applications.

eTrust Web Access Control has enhanced its web single sign-on functionalities to provide more value. eTrust Admin is currently the only user provisioning program to reach the Open Group certification. This certification ensures complete and efficient integration to LDAP directories - allowing faster integration to the many LDAP-compliant ERPs and other applications available today.

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Beta Program Updates
We are now inviting our customers to participate in the beta programs listed below so they can validate the product in their own environment. In addition, we are seeking their feedback on the product enhancements, quality, and the beta program itself. Please see ca.com/betas for all the details.
  • eTrust™ Access Control for UNIX v5.3. eTrust Access Control provides proactive, host-based security that protects mission-critical servers and safeguards confidential data stored on restricted systems. The recently released eTrust Access Control v5.1 SP2 has added more platform support as well as cumulative maintenance. To continue offering enhanced features and improving product quality, we have completed more than 50 customer Demand Analysis Requests (DARs) in the next release of eTrust Access Control.

    Our eTrust Access Control UNIX for customers can now perform future upgrades and apply maintenance fixes without the need to restart the machine. More performance enhancement options have been added, along with a more flexible authorization option to ease day-to-day security management. And, for the first time, Unicenter® customers can preview and test the new Unicenter security module for future migration on Unicenter server security.


  • eTrust™ Admin 8.0. eTrust Admin provides security management and operational automation through role-based user provisioning. A key component of the eTrust™ Identity and Access Management Suite, eTrust Admin enables organizations to automate the management of user accounts across multiple, heterogeneous systems, applications, and directories. This helps an enterprise raise security levels, lower costs, and more quickly respond to organizational changes.

    eTrust Admin 8.0 has been enhanced with many new and updated features, as well as many new exciting options for third-party product integration. Some exciting new highlights include:
    • Custom Logic. eTrust Admin 8.0 allows users to include custom logic during the process of user provisioning.
    • Custom Correlation. eTrust Admin 8.0 now allows organizations to use customer-defined correlation algorithms when mapping global users to existing accounts.
    • Custom Attributes. eTrust Admin 8.0 increases the number of user-defined attributes on the global user and the role objects.
    • Password Quality Management. eTrust Admin 8.0 allows users to implement a comprehensive password policy for both global user accounts and system accounts.
    • Role Management Within Work Flow. The time required to map user accounts to global users is now significantly reduced.
    • Nonstop Operations. eTrust Admin 8.0 documentation provides information on how to configure the eTrust Admin server for failover and load balancing in complex configurations. This enables the eTrust Admin server to take advantage of clustering or RAID technology present on the system.
    • Additional Reports. eTrust Admin 8.0 adds standard reports on accounts added or deleted during a specified period of time.
    • eTrust™ Audit Integration. The combined audit capabilities of eTrust Admin, which can provide log entries for all administrative actions across all systems being provisioned, and eTrust Audit provide unparalleled capability for tracking and reporting on user identity-related events.

  • eTrust™ Admin Option for PeopleSoft Feed v2. eTrust Admin Option for PeopleSoft Feed lets you synchronize PeopleSoft users with eTrust Admin global users. By using role-based administration, you can automatically manage the PeopleSoft accounts required in today's complex environments.

    eTrust Admin Option for PeopleSoft Feed can automatically:
    • Create, modify, or delete global users and associated accounts (if role-based administration is used)
    • Generate batch report requests

    eTrust Admin Option for PeopleSoft Feed v2 builds on a tradition of excellence for automating user account administration. This release takes that automation to the next level, providing seamless integration with PeopleSoft HR. eTrust Admin Option for PeopleSoft Feed now makes immediate updates to user accounts on any system or application as soon as someone enters PeopleSoft HR. In addition, new tools are also included in this release for easily setting up the option. For example, a new configuration wizard allows administrators to easily map data fields in the PeopleSoft HR database with their corresponding attributes on the global users in eTrust Admin and business transformation logic used to identify users' roles - without any need to write code.


  • eTrust™ Antivirus v7.1. eTrust Antivirus is an award-winning antivirus solution that provides superior, real-time, enterprise-wide protection against today's most prevalent security threat — viruses. Based on advanced technology, it reduces virus infections, simplifies and automates updating, and eases administration. Dual scanning engines, superior management, free signature updates, and CA's eTrust TARGET (Threat Analysis and Response Global Emergency Team) protect today's networks against potentially damaging and costly virus incidents. When used for perimeter protection, eTrust Antivirus safeguards your enterprise from potentially harmful executables and downloads before they can enter your network.

    eTrust Antivirus now delivers the highest level of security management with more than 60 customizable reports and a unified management console. eTrust Antivirus v7.1 is available for beta testing on the following platforms:
    • NetWare
    • HP-UX 11.0 11i
    • Linux for S/390 and z/Series
    • Windows 32-bit (coming soon!)
    • Windows 64-bit

  • eTrust™ CA-Examine® Auditing for z/OS and OS/390 Release 3.5. eTrust
    CA-Examine Auditing for z/OS and OS/390 (eTrust CA-Examine) helps identify system, application, and security exposures in z/OS and OS/390 environments. eTrust
    CA-Examine identifies exposures resulting from improper system configuration and operational errors, as well as intentional circumvention of controls and attacks. As a part of an overall security and software management program, it is highly effective at helping to ensure the integrity of the base operating system and application processing environments.

    As a member of the beta program, you will work directly with the eTrust CA-Examine Research and Development team to investigate and resolve any reported problems, pose questions, or make comments. You are also encouraged to join the beta program teleconference calls. Through weekly teleconferences, you will be briefed by the Research and Development team and have the opportunity to share your experience with other beta program participants.

    eTrust CA-Examine Release 3.5 enhancements include:
    • Enhanced PARMLIB Analysis
    • Symbolic Date Variable Substitution for Batch
    • Authorized Program Facility (APF) Analysis Function for UNIX System Service (USS)/Hierarchical File System (HFS)

    For more information on the features of the eTrust CA-Examine Auditing Release 3.5 or to participate in the beta program, please email Claudia Fischer or refer to the beta program questionnaire on the SupportConnect website.


  • eTrust™ Secure Content Manager 1.0. eTrust Secure Content Manager is the first truly multi-faceted, integrated solution for enterprise security, geared to the content revolution. eTrust Secure Content Manager includes the following exciting technologies:
    • Email Security and Anti-Spam
      • Key word identification safeguards against the transmission of proprietary information via email.
      • Spam filtering protects against unwanted and unsolicited email, increasing business productivity and network bandwidth.
    • Web Security and URL Filtering
      • Policy-based web URL filtering helps protect enterprises from legal liability and increases business productivity and network bandwidth.
    • Comprehensive antivirus protection
      • Dual antivirus engines provide "double protection" to help ensure that users are always protected.
    • Malicious code defense
      • Proactively protects users against a variety of attacks from active code that executes automatically when visiting a website or using email.

  • eTrust™ CA-ACF2® Security Option for DB2 Release 1.2. The eTrust CA-ACF2 Security and eTrust™ CA-Top Secret® Security Research and Development teams are currently looking for customers to participate in the eTrust CA-ACF2 Security Option for DB2 Release 1.2 and eTrust CA-Top Secret Security Option for DB2 beta programs.

    eTrust CA-ACF2 Security Option for DB2 and eTrust CA-Top Secret Security Option for DB2 provides security for IBM DB2 resources in an eTrust™ CA-ACF2® Security for z/OS and OS/390 (eTrust CA-ACF2) or eTrust™ CA-ACF2® Security for z/OS and OS/390 (eTrust CA-Top Secret) environment, replacing the internal GRANT/REVOKE security of IBM's DB2 database system. Superior security administration features already present in eTrust CA-ACF2 or eTrust CA-Top Secret are made available in the DB2 environment.

    As a member of the beta program, you will work directly with the eTrust CA-ACF2 or CA-Top Secret Research and Development team to investigate and resolve any reported problems, pose questions, or make comments. You are also encouraged to join the beta program teleconference calls. Through weekly teleconferences, you will be briefed by the Research and Development team and have the opportunity to share your experience with other beta program participants.

    For more information on the features of eTrust CA-ACF2 Security Option for DB2 Release 1.2 and eTrust CA-Top Secret Security Option for DB2, or to participate in the beta program, please email Claudia Fischer or refer to the beta program questionnaire on the SupportConnect website.


  • eTrust™ Single Sign-On 8.0. eTrust Single Sign-On (eTrust SSO) enhances overall enterprise security by automating access to virtually all authorized Web services and enterprise-wide applications through a single login. This powerful solution eliminates the need to remember multiple sign-on processes, user IDs, or passwords, and improves productivity by providing users and customers with instant access to their own personalized resources.

    This product has been expanded to provide more flexibility and more efficient administration. Some of the new and updated product features include:
    • Session management - allows administrators to control and see who is currently logged onto eTrust SSO
    • Metaframe application migration - enables users to move between workstations while keeping metaframe hosted application sessions
    • Application list refresh - allows changes to a user's application list by an administrator on the eTrust SSO policy server to be dynamically picked up by the eTrust SSO client
    • eTrust™ Audit integration - enables the eTrust SSO policy server to log to eTrust Audit for improved central logging and reporting
    • Shared workstations - delivers additional support for employing eTrust SSO on workstations that are shared by multiple users
    • New architecture and improved interface - provides a policy server that replaces the eTrust SSO Server, along with the Policy Manager program, which replaces the SSO Assistant program. In addition, eTrust Directory is automatically installed, allowing user information to be stored in a X.500 directory.
    • Unicenter® Network and Systems Management (Unicenter NSM) eTrust SSO Migration - enables Unicenter NSM eTrust SSO users to seamlessly migrate to eTrust SSO
    • New LDAP authentication agent - allows authentication to be made to any LDAP X.500 data store, such as Active Directory or eTrust Directory

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Product Updates
Announcing eTrust™ CA-ACF2® Security for z/OS and OS/390 Release 6.5 SP01 -
Now Available
On September 4, 2003, CA announced the first Service Pack, SP01, for eTrust CA-ACF2 Security for z/OS and OS/390 (eTrust CA-ACF2) Release 6.5.

eTrust CA-ACF2 Release 6.5 is a functionally rich release that offers numerous customer-requested administrative and technical enhancements. Additionally, product changes and enhancements are made available on an ongoing basis through distribution of regular product updates or service packs.

eTrust CA-ACF2 Release 6.5 builds upon the foundation of eTrust CA-ACF2 Security for z/OS and OS/390 Release 6.4 and provides additional functionality that extends many of the eTrust CA-ACF2 Release 6.4 features. You can get further information about eTrust CA-ACF2 Release 6.5 and 6.4 changes from the following sources:
  • eTrust CA-ACF2 Security for z/OS and OS/390 Release Guide.
  • The following eTrust CA-ACF2 Release 6.5 and eTrust CA-ACF2 Release 6.4 Product Information Bulletins and Product Maintenance Letters:
    • Service Pack SP01: PML QI43701
    • Release 6.5 GA Base: PIB QI33613
    • Service Pack SP04: PML QI37803
    • Service Pack SP03: PML QI29702
    • Service Pack SP02: PML QI12971
    • Service Pack SP01: PML QI00734
    • Release 6.4 GA Base: PIB LI91544
When you are ready to order this service pack, please complete the order form available on our SupportConnect site, or call 1-800-637-5858. For customers outside of North America, contact your local Computer Associates Support Center.

If you have any questions regarding eTrust CA-ACF2 Security for z/OS and OS/390 Release 6.5, please contact your local eTrust CA-ACF2 technical support group.

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Announcing Support for IBM z/VM Version 4 Release 4.0
On September 3, 2003, CA announced the availability of Service Pack, SP03 for eTrust™
CA-ACF2® Security for VM (eTrust CA-ACF2) Release 4.2.

Support has been added to this service pack to support IBM z/VM Version 4 Release 4.0. For detailed information, see StarTCCSM Information Solution number GI92745 available on our SupportConnect website. For additional enhancements to eTrust CA-ACF2 Security for VM Release 4.2 Service Pack SP03, refer to the Product Maintenance Letter, PML QI43624.

When you are ready to order this service pack, please complete the order form available on our SupportConnect website, or call 1-800-637-5858. For customers outside of North America, contact your local Computer Associates Support Center.

If you have any questions regarding eTrust CA-ACF2 Security for VM Release 4.2, please contact your local eTrust CA-ACF2 technical support group.

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eTrust™ Security Command Center
eTrust Security Command Center provides support for more than 100 CA and third-party products across multiple platforms and operating systems. This list continues to expand - updates and product integration kits can be downloaded at ca.com/etrust.

Identity and Access Management   Enterprise Management
eTrust™ Access Control   Unicenter® Network and Systems Management
eTrust™ Admin   HP OpenView
eTrust™ CA-ACF2® Security for z/OS and OS/390   IBM Tivoli
eTrust™ CA-Top Secret® Security for z/OS and OS/390    
eTrust™ Single Sign-On   Remediation
eTrust™ Web Access Control   Unicenter® ServicePlus Service Desk
IBM RACF    
Tyco Software House C.Cure 800   Databases
Tyco Software House C.Cure 8000   DB2
    Oracle
Security Management   SQL Server
eTrust™ 20/20™   Sybase
eTrust™ Audit    
eTrust™ Policy Compliance   Platforms
    UNIX: Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, HP-UX, Tru64
Threat Management   Linux: Red Hat, SuSE
eTrust™ Antivirus    
eTrust™ CA-Examine® Auditing   AS/400
eTrust™ Intrusion Detection   Microsoft Windows
eTrust™ Vulnerability Manager   OS2
Check Point Firewall-1   Tandem NSK
Check Point FloodGate-1   z/OS
Check Point UserAuthority    
Check Point VPN-1   Web Servers
CISCO Devices   Apache
CISCO PIX   Microsoft IIS
FoundStone/FoundScan Engine   Netscape
Internet Security Systems (ISS) RealSecure Site Protector    
McAfee VirusScan   Universal
Nessus   OPSEC
NetScreen   SNMP
Nortel Contivity VPN   Syslog
SNORT   Submit API (SAPI)
Symantec Norton Antivirus    
Trend Micro ServerProtect    
Trend Micro OfficeScan    

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General Information
eTrust™ in the News

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Cast Your Vote Now!
Do you think CA is "The Best"? Information Security Magazine will recognize "The Best" in infosecurity in a special coverage appearing in its December issue. As an IT/security professional, you've been selected to nominate your best - "The Best" people, policies, processes, and products - the "four P's," the cornerstones of infosecurity.

Please take this opportunity to nominate "The Best" in infosecurity at: searchSecurity.com/r/0,,17889,00.htm?InfoSecurityMagazine.

By participating, you'll be making an important contribution. In addition to honoring outstanding work, "The Best" represent models that organizations can apply to their own enterprises.

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eTrust™ Forum
Participate in CA's Open Forums to share experiences with other CA technology users, or post and answer questions regarding CA technology and product solutions.

To access the forums, please visit supportconnectw.ca.com/index.html?OpenForums.

Note: To participate in the CA product forums, you must be a registered user on CA SupportConnect.

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How to Become an eTrust™ Reference
If you are interested in becoming a reference for your eTrust™ security solution, contact your CA Sales Executive or your local Customer Relationship Officer (CRO). He or she can provide details on the benefits of joining the reference program and work with you to become a reference site.

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General Product Information
CA offers an extensive range of security solutions under its eTrust™ brand name. To learn more about the eTrust brand and the individual product solutions, please visit: ca.com/Solutions/Solution.asp?ID=271.

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eTrust™ User Groups
If you are interested in starting or joining an eTrust user group, please visit ca.com/usergroups.

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Support Contact Information
eTrust™ Access Control
1-631-342-5803
supportconnectw.ca.com/public/etrust/etrust_ac/eTrustac_supp.asp

eTrust™ Admin
1-631-342-5803
supportconnectw.ca.com/public/etrust/etrustadmin-dmo/etrustadmin-dmo_supp.asp

eTrust™ Antivirus
1-866-422-2774
supportconnectw.ca.com/public/antivirus/antivirussupp.asp

eTrust™ Audit
1-631-342-5803
supportconnectw.ca.com/public/etrust/etrust_audit/etrustaudit_supp.asp

eTrust™ CA-ACF2® Security
supportconnectw.ca.com/public/ca-acf2/ca-acf2supp.asp

eTrust™ CA-Top Secret® Security
supportconnectw.ca.com/public/ca-topsecret/ca-topsecretsupp.asp

eTrust™ Cleanup for CA-ACF2® Security and CA-Top Secret® Security supportconnectw.ca.com/public/etrust/etrust_cleanup/etrustcleanup_supp.asp

eTrust™ Content Inspection
1-866-422-2774
supportconnectw.ca.com/public/etrust/etrust-ci/etrustci_supp.asp

eTrust™ Directory
1-631-342-5500
supportconnectw.ca.com/public/etrust/etrust_dir/etrustdir_supp.asp

eTrust™ Firewall
1-631-342-5803
supportconnectw.ca.com/public/etrust/guardit/guarditsuppb.asp

eTrust™ Intrusion Detection
1-214-473-1455
supportconnectw.ca.com/public/etrust/etrust_intrusion/etrustintrusion_supp.asp

eTrust™ OCSPro
1-631-342-5500
supportconnectw.ca.com/public/etrust/etrust_ocs/etrustocsp_supp.asp

eTrust™ PKI
1-631-342-5500
supportconnectw.ca.com/public/etrust/etrust_pki/etrustpki_supp.asp

eTrust™ Policy Compliance
1-631-342-5803
supportconnectw.ca.com/public/etrust/etrust_pc/etrustpc_supp.asp

eTrust™ Single Sign-On
1-631-342-5803
supportconnectw.ca.com/public/etrust/etrust-sso/etrustsso_supp.asp

eTrust™ VPN
1-631-342-5803
supportconnectw.ca.com/public/etrust/etrust_vpn/etrustvpn_supp.asp

To contact the CA Support organization through email, send an email to: mpcsdesk@ca.com. Please remember to provide your STAR issue number as the subject of the email to ensure proper routing of your request.

For other ways to contact the CA Support organization or to open an issue through the internet, please visit the CA SupportConnect pages at supportconnectw.ca.com.

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Special Events
Tradeshows
Virus Bulletin Conference - September 25 - 26, 2003 in Toronto, Canada
Over its 12-year history, the Virus Bulletin Conference has become a major highlight of the anti-virus calendar, with many of its regular attendees citing it as the antivirus event of the year. Please join us at this event and stop by our booth, #C06.

Join Members of the Open Security Exchange™ at the National Security Summit -
October 1 – 3, 2003 in Washington, D.C.

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