Control

Activation

Before using Encryption, you must activate the ZENCRPT subsystem, especially before running forced encryption or tokenization (see Recent Key Usage Enforcement for more details).

To activate the sub-system:

  1. Select 51. Activation in the Encryption main menu. The Activation menu appears.

 ENCTL   ​                        ​  Activation ​              ​ iSecurity          
                                                            ​ System:​  ​ RLDEV   ​ 
 Select one of the following:​                                                   
                                                                                
 Activation                   ​          ​ Field Encryption Precautions ​          
  1. Activate ZENCRPT subsystem       ​  ​ 31. Activate CHGPF SRCFILE() Control​   
  2. De-activate ZENCRPT subsystem    ​  ​ 32. De-activate CHGPF Control​          
                                        ​
 CHGPF SRCFILE() may remove encryption.​ 
  5. Work With Active Jobs            ​  ​ This warns user before & alerts QSYSOPR
                                                                                
 Global Activation                ​      ​ 35. Ensure that fields are encrypted  ​ 
 11. Activate ZENCRPT subsystem at IPL​  ​ Periodic independent "watch-dog".​      
 12. Do Not Activate ZENCRPT at IPL   ​                                          
                                                                                
 ZENCRPT subsystem is auto activated when needed.​                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
 Selection or command                  ​                                         
 ===>​                                                                           
                                                                               
 
 F3=Exit   F4=Prompt   F9=Retrieve   F12=Cancel                                ​ 
 F13=Information Assistant  F16=System main menu                                
                                                                               ​ 

Figure : Activation Menu

Parameters

Description

1. Activate ZAUTH subsytem

Opens the Start Real Time Auth on Demand screen.

2. De-activate ZAUTH subsytem

Opens the End Real Time Auth on Demand screen.

5. Work with Active Jobs

Opens the Work with Subsystem Jobs screen.

  1. Select 1. Activate ZENCRPT subsystem in the Activation menu. The Start Real-Time Encryption Act screen appears.

   ​       ​  ​      ​  Start Real-Time Encryption Act (STRRTENC) ​                  
 ​
  ​       ​  ​                                                                    
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
 F3=Exit   F5=Refresh   F12=Cancel   F13=How to use this display   F24=More keys
                                                                               ​
 
 No parameters to show; press Enter to run, F3 to exit.                      ​  ​ 

Figure : Start Real-Time Encryption Act screen

  1. Press Enter. The subsystem is started.