Understanding how ZDT/CICS uses SAF rules to control auditing

SAF (System Authorization Facility) allows applications, such as ZDT/CICS, to define "resources" that might need to be protected. The "resource" to be protected need not be something specific, such as a data set; it can be essentially any type of resource or facility that the application considers to be important. For ZDT/CICS and auditing, the "resource" is the ability to write audit log records. The resource names reflect either the type of auditing that is to occur (eg to SMF), or the ZDT/CICS function and resource.

ZDT/CICS uses two types of SAF resource names to control auditing. The SAF resource rules used by ZDT/CICS to control auditing are shown in ZDT/CICS auditing FACILITY class resource names and ZDT/CICS auditing XFACILIT class resource names).