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  • 1.  ACMON SIM_VIA=NOTHING

    Posted 03/27/25 06:06 PM

    Truist Data Risk Classification: [-Internal-]


    Greetings,

     

    I ran an Access Monitory job and added the SIM_VIA in the SORTLIST to Simulate Access.  Some of the SIM_VIA came back as NOTHING.  Does anyone know what NOTHING means from SIM_VIA.  There are cases where an ID accessed the same profile via ID_GROUP and NOTHING.

     

    Thanks in Advanced for your help.

     

    Rgrds,   

     

     

     

     

    Willie Crosby

    Asst. Vice President

    Cybersecurity Senior Engineer

    303 Peachtree Center Ave. NE 4th Floor | Atlanta, GA. 30303

    Mail Code GA-ATL-0201

    Office: 404.575.2963

    willie.crosby@truist.com

     

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  • 2.  RE: ACMON SIM_VIA=NOTHING

    Posted 03/28/25 04:16 AM
    Edited by Tom Zeehandelaar 03/28/25 05:08 AM

    Hi Willie,

    in fact this is documented here: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/szs/3.1.0?topic=records-access-field-descriptions#select_list_fields_access_field_descs__SIM_VIA

    SIM_VIA
    Access simulation did not use any connect attribute or profile to determine the event result; for example, because the event was for a command that created the profile. NOTHING is also used to report on access by the audit-only ID *BYPASS*.

    Regards,



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    Tom Zeehandelaar
    z/OS Security Enablement Specialist - zSecure developer
    IBM
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  • 3.  RE: ACMON SIM_VIA=NOTHING

    Posted 03/28/25 09:54 AM

    Truist Data Risk Classification: [-Private-]


    Thanks Tom....

     

    Rgrds,

     

     

     

     

    Willie Crosby

    Asst. Vice President

    Cybersecurity Senior Engineer

    303 Peachtree Center Ave. NE 4th Floor | Atlanta, GA. 30303

    Mail Code GA-ATL-0201

    Office: 404.575.2963

    willie.crosby@truist.com

     

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