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My ideas: Security

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I would like to see control center monitor use active directory as an authenticator vs just SQL authentication when connecting to a MSSQL database

For security reasons we don't use SQL Authentication for local accounts. We use domain service accounts. We would like to see the CC adopt this option for authentication.
over 1 year ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 1 Not under consideration

Microsoft Defender Endpoint on ICC application

Oue security team reached out to us to verify if the new Security migration (enterprise endpoint protection software from Symantec Endpoint Protection to Microsoft Defender Endpoint) impacts ICC application in any way and reference case: TS008480275
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 0 Not under consideration

Moving picture password technology

No description provided
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 0 Not under consideration

IBM Control Center Support AD windows authentication method for SQL server database

To meet Industry security standards to authenticate to Enterprise Active Directory tool
almost 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 1 Not under consideration

Implement the use of LDAP without the need of IBM External Authentication Server

In order to implement the use of LDAP for authenticating to Control Center, it is a requirement to use IBM External Authentication Server. There should be a way of doing so without implementing another product that has be installed, configured, an...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 1 Not under consideration

It should be possible for Control Center to handle multiple SSL/TLS keys in its keystore

Currently can Control Center only work with one unique key in its keystore. When using SEAS authentication this certificate must be defined with both Server and Client Authentication Enhanced Key Usage (EKU). It should be possible (as any other co...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 0 Not under consideration

Inactivity user account control

Admin/User accounts within IBM Control Center cant be disabled/removed after a specified period of inactivity in compliance with the security procedure Risks: Application parameter settings that do not automatically disable and/or remove user ...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 1 Not under consideration

More than one external authentication setup within Control Center

Within SEAS you can specify multiple authentication definitions that can contain different attribute query definitions however within control center you can only setup one external authentication server.
about 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 0 Not under consideration

Non SuperUser Node Discovery Permission

Currently the only role within Control Center that can run a Node Discovery is the superuser role. We need this to be a permisson that can be set to other roles.
about 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 1 Not under consideration

Certificate CRL check for Sterling Control Center

According to the RFC at https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5280#section-6.3, certificate CRL validation needs to be provided by Sterling Control Center that uses x.509 certificates for TLS/SSL connections. We propose a local caching mechanism to be im...
about 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 0 Not under consideration