Macro-based automation

What is your host type?
What application do users go through to access the network? Tivoli Access Manager? Netegrity Siteminder? Microsoft Active Directory (Windows Domain)? Portal Server?
Are you planning to customize your own Network Security plug-in? If so, do you have someone on hand who has some J2EE knowledge and experience working with J2EE-compliant servlets?
What Web application server are you using? IBM WebSphere Application Server? BEA WebLogic? Apache Tomcat?
For non-Portal environments, do you have a J2EE-compliant Web application server to deploy the Credential Mapper Servlet (CMS) to your Web server?
What will you use as your Host Credential Mapper (HCM) database? IBM DB2? Portal Server Credential Vault? LDAP?
Do you plan to use DCAS on a z/OS platform?
Are you using client certificates for security?