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About the Mainframe Auditors' News(MA News)
The MA News is a free, email, newsletter for auditors who need (or suspect
that they will need) to be auditing IBM mainframe systems (primarily MVS,
z/OS, and the system software associated with them). This
software includes: CICS, DB2, JES, VTAM, MQSeries, TSO, USS (UNIX System
Services), TCP/IP, and others. It also includes the Websphere server software
which connects a mainframe to the Internet.
We expect to have a new issue at least every three months.
The MA News is meant for auditors who are new to IBM mainframes, as well as
for experienced MVS auditors who want to keep up to date with the latest
developments from IBM.
We will not make the list of subscribers available to anyone else for any
reason.
Topics will include:
- How the Hardware Controls Work
- How the "BackDoors" to the Hardware Controls Work
- How to Scope and Plan a Mainframe Audit
- Different Types of Mainframe Audit
- What Data to Collect, How to Collect It, How to Interpret It
- What All Those Acronyms Mean, Including MVS, CICS, TSO, and z/OS
- What the Different Software Packages Do, How They Work, and How to Audit
Them
- How to Deal with Mainframe System Programmers
- How to Make Practical Audit Recommendations
- Common and Not-So-Common Mainframe Audit Findings
- How to Make Your Audit Findings Sail Through the Closing Meeting Easily
- A Question and Answer Column
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