In this presentation we will describe new support added by Cryptographic Support for z/OS V1R12-R13 (ICSF FMID HCR77A0) and the next release of ICSF.
ICSF FMID HCR77A0 was delivered in September 2012, and will be the base for z/OS V2R1. This release of ICSF added Enterprise PKCS#11 (EP11) Support, Sysplex Coordinated Administration Functions for PKDS and TKDS, a new Random Number Cache providing outstanding performance benefits, and many other new exciting features that will described in the presentation.
The next release of ICSF is shaping up to be yet another impressive ICSF release planned to contain support for EP11 Phase 2, KDS Key Utilization Statistics, a new method for RKX Key Export Wrapping, and many other new features that will also be explained in the presentation.
The next release of ICSF is planned to ship in September 2013.