IBM Secure Service Container  framework A 1 Secure Service Container is the infrastructure that is required to deploy appliances (framework) in a secure  container on supported IBM Z hardware. With  IBM United States Software Announcement  218-152, dated October  2, 2018, IBM introduces  IBM Secure Service Container for IBM Cloud Private . IBM Cloud™ Private is a Platform as  a Service (PaaS) environment for developing and managing containerized applications. 459 ' Copyright IBM Corp. 2017. All rights reserved. In this appendix, the IBM Secure Service Container$^{1}$ (SSC) framework is described. The SSC  framework is available on IBM z14, and IBM z13 and z13s (Driver level 27) servers.  This appendix also briefly describes the reason why IBM created the SSC framework and  how the SSC environment is intended to be used.  This appendix includes the following topics: GLYPH<SM590000> A.1, “What is IBM Secure Service Container?” on page 460 GLYPH<SM590000> A.2, “SSC LPAR” on page 461 GLYPH<SM590000> A.3, “Why Secure Service Container?” on page 461 GLYPH<SM590000> A.4, “IBM Z servers and SSC” on page 461