Tivoli Asset Discovery for z/OS (TADz) Started Task name(s) must be properly identified/defined to the system ACP.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-224539	SRG-OS-000104	ZTADR030	SV-224539r1145282_rule	2025-09-27	7

Description
Tivoli Asset Discovery for z/OS (TADz) requires a started task(s) that will be restricted to certain resources, data sets, and other system functions. Defining the started task as a userid to the system Access Control Program (ACP) allows the ACP to control the access and authorized users that require these capabilities. Failure to properly control these capabilities could compromise the operating system environment, ACP, and customer data.

Description

Tivoli Asset Discovery for z/OS (TADz) requires a started task(s) that will be restricted to certain resources, data sets, and other system functions. Defining the started task as a userid to the system Access Control Program (ACP) allows the ACP to control the access and authorized users that require these capabilities. Failure to properly control these capabilities could compromise the operating system environment, ACP, and customer data.

ℹ️ Check
Refer to the following report produced by the RACF Data Collection: - RACFCMDS.RPT(LISTUSER). Verify that the userid(s) for the TADz started task(s) is (are) properly defined. If the following attributes are defined, this is not a finding. PROTECTED

✔️ Fix
The Systems Programmer and ISSO will ensure that the started task for TADz is properly defined. Define the started task for TADz. Example: au tadzmon name('stc, tivoli AD') nopass - dfltgrp(stc) owner(stc) - data('stc for tivoli asset discovery')