PowerNews

PowerNews Newsletter Archive

January 2012

Generate and Distribute Audit Reports Automatically
Recorded Webinars: IBM i Viruses: Fact or Fiction
PowerTech Dashboards Using SEQUEL Software
Tips/Q&A: A reason for blank Authority Broker reports
Tips/Q&A: Will Compliance Monitor 3 run on my system?
Trivia: Name two things that a user profile inherits from its group profile.

December 2011

Security Breaches—When, Not If
Control Freak Trivia

November 2011

Defining a Batch Assessment in Compliance Monitor 3
Q&A: Deleting Old Network Security Product Libraries.

October 2011

What Happens in Vegas... Is (Hopefully) Shared Back Home!
Beware of Skimming—It's Closer Than You Think
Q&A: How to know what Compliance Assessment creates on your system and how to move it when finished.

September 2011

Batch Scheduling Enhances Compliance Monitor 3
When Good Guys Turn Bad
Q&A: Can I save my report with custom filters in Compliance Monitor, and run it again?

August 2011

PowerTech Releases Command Security
Commands Never Die! Stay in Command of Your Command Line
Register for the IBM i Security Event of the Year
Q&A: Can I transfer SecurityAudit from one system to another for D/R testing?

July 2011

Help/Systems Completes Acquisition of DataThread
Using a Custom Journal for Network Security Audit Entries
Register for the IBM i Security Event of the Year
Q&A: What are the system requirements for Compliance Monitor 3.01?

June 2011

Inherited Authority Can Sabotage Your System
Register Now for the 2011 IBM i Security Event of the Year
Q&A: Can Compliance Monitor show me when users sign on to the system?

May 2011

PowerTech Releases 2011 "State of IBM i Security" Study
Trivia: What three values does the "Limit capabilities" parameter support for user profiles?
Q&A: Can Compliance Monitor show me when someone creates new user profiles?

April 2011

PCI Compliance for IBM i—Part 2
Security Officer or Security Nightmare?
Q&A: What you need to know about mirroring Network Security 6

March 2011

PCI Compliance for IBM i
IBM i Open Source Security Policy Now Available
Q&A: What you need to know about backing up Network Security 6

February 2011

IBM i Security Conference
Database Monitoring with DataThread
Q&A: Running security-related reports on IBM i

January 2011

2010 in Review
7 Habits of Highly Secure Companies: Part III
Q&A: Removing old product libraries after upgrading to Network Security 6

November 2010

Controlling SQL Updates Using Network Security
7 Habits of Highly Secure Companies: Part II
Q&A: Using PowerTech Network Security to globally prevent users from updating data via ODBC

October 2010

7 Deadly Habits of Unsecure Companies
Harvest Time for Audit Journal Data
Q&A: Automating reports for auditor reviews with Authority Broker
It Pays to Comply: Financial data breaches linked to poor security compliance

September 2010

Keep An Audit Eye On Your System Values!
Viruses On Your IBM i Server?
Q&A: The "PowerTech Products Menu"
Security Vulnerabilities: Unpatched Flaws on the Rise

August 2010

Back to (Security) School
Real-Time Event Escalation: Be Part of the Big Picture!
Q&A: Compliance Monitor with Paul Culin

July 2010

What's involved in a PowerTech Compliance Assessment?
Limiting an *ALLOBJ user to read-only data access
Q&A: What’s the difference between Compliance Monitor’s Console and Consolidator filters?
The end of Sarbanes-Oxley?

June 2010

Network Security 6.0 Secures Access to Critical Data
Behind the New Network Security Release
Q&A: I would love to get real-time event notifications from my System i with Interact. How difficult is it to set up?
Verisign to sell authentication unit

May 2010

Advisory Board Meets in Minneapolis
IBM Enhances OS Security Functions
Q&A: So far, I have run Network Security only in "audit mode." Now, I want to start locking down my servers.
I’m a little scared about locking out the wrong people. Do you have any advice?
State of IBM i Security Study: 2010 Edition Available

April 2010

2010 Edition of the State of IBM i Security study now available!
Don't miss these security sessions at COMMON!
Q&A: Several of my users have JOBCTL and SAVSYS Special Authorities. Should I be concerned?
Coming soon: Network Security 6.0!
U.S. Secret Service paid TJX hacker $75K a year in cash
MD5 hash vulnerability is expert's top Web security flaw
Does New Breach Law Have Teeth?

March 2010

Creating A Security Policy For Your Organization
COMMON Turns 50!
What goes into publishing the annual "State of IBM i Security" study?
Q&A: How do you set up a "user rule" in Network Security to allow a transaction or event?
New Security Guide Released
MA data privacy law takes effect
Is the U.S. losing the cyber war?

February 2010

Hit The Road, Robin!
Online Training
Midrange User Groups
IBM i Security Workshops
Slash Your Complance Workload!
Q&A: Is there a way to track interactive signon events for QSECOFR (or other user profiles)?
Q&A: Can Authority Broker notify my system administrator at the start of every role swap?
Sweepstakes Winner Announced
Feds and Cybersecurity
IE 6 under attack...again

January 2010

New Year's Resolutions for 2010
PowerTech: Beyond Software
Q&A: We are planning a disaster recovery test. What do I need to do for Authority Broker?
Q&A: I have several users who require the same access to the same servers within Network Security, however they don’t belong to a common group profile. Is there an easy way to configure the settings for multiple users?
NASA's Hack Woes Continue
Active PDF attacks target Acrobat Reader

December 2009

Accountability for powerful users
Controlling SQL updates using Network Security
Q&A: The ‘All System Values’ Report in Compliance Monitor shows my system value settings and highlights values that are non-compliant. Is there a way to adjust the Security Policy for a test or development system?
44% of Agencies Had More Security Incidents in Past Year
8 Hackers Indicted in $9 Million ATM Theft

November 2009

Are you playing a game of chance with unauthorized access to your company's private data?
Stay in touch with PowerTech on Twitter!
Q&A: How can I set up Authority Broker to run event reports automatically?
Q&A: Where does Network Security record its audit entries?
More bank phishing attacks
Congress may consider National Data Breach Law

October 2009

Meet Our New Director of Security Technologies
IBM Eye: Security Detective for Hire
Help/Systems and PowerTech Celebrate One-Year Anniversary!
Q&A: In Network Security, is there a way to notify our Security Officer when an unauthorized user attempts to access sensitive data using FTP or ODBC?
Q&A: I really like the Compliance Monitor Scorecards, but I was wondering whether I can use my company’s logo in the upper left hand corner of the report?