i/OS Security Warnings: Like Talking to a Brick Wall
Alex Woodie, IT Jungle
What if you were the president of a company and somebody told you that the locks to your building were broken. You would fix them instead of taking the chance millions of dollars worth of goods would be stolen, right? Now instead of physical locks, say you were told the security mechanisms that protected your company's data weren't working. You'd fix those too, right? Actually, if you're a typical System i shop, you would do very little to address the problem year after year, according to the latest security survey from PowerTech.
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SIEM Solutions Ease Burden of Regulatory Compliance on IBM i
Linda Harty, IT Jungle
As I keep an eye on the security action in the IBM i world, and as regulatory compliance continues to become more—and not less— challenging, I realized SIEM solutions are becoming more and more important and should be on every IBM i pro's radar. For a quick explanation about what SIEM is and how it can benefi t your shop, I reached out to Robin Tatam at PowerTech with a couple of questions.
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PowerTech Updates Security Tools for i6.1
Alex Woodie, IT Jungle
PowerTech's line of security tools fully supports i 6.1, the latest release of the operating system formerly known as i5/OS and OS/400, the Washington company announced last week. PowerTech found that half of its products were compliant with version 6.1 out of the box, while the other half required changes to work with the new operating system.
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System i Security: Lots of Room for Improvement
Timothy Prickett Morgan, IT jungle
System i security software supplier PowerTech hosted its first iNSIGHT 2008 security and compliance conference in Las Vegas a few weeks ago, and one of the main events at the show was the fifth annual State of System i Security report
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Maxed Out: "Hair on Fire" with System i Security
Chris Maxcer, System i News
In the results of its fifth annual review of the state of security on the System i platform, PowerTech reports that System i security is often poorly configured and poorly managed by companies that use it.
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PowerTech Updates Interact -- Real-time Security for IBM System i
James E. Powell, Enterprise Systems Journal
New updates gives enterprises greater visibility into intrusion, penetration attempts targeting System i (AS/400) hardware
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Why PowerTech Group Wants to Update Your AS/400 Security Model
Chris DeVoney, Enterprise Systems Journal
If you have an AS/400 or iSeries, PowerTech Group wants you to update your security model—and a recent study suggests you should pay close attention.
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PowerTech System i Security Study Reveals Internal Weaknesses
System iNetwork
The PowerTech Group reports in its newly released fourth annual security review, "The State of System i Security 2007," that the overall security of the System i is...
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Security Still an Issue in 2007 for System i5 Shops
Timothy Prickett Morgan , IT Jungle
If you need an example of why having all the great security features in the world doesn't make your computer systems safe, look no further...
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Companies Fail To Properly Secure IBM System i Hardware, Study Says
Jaikumar Vijayan, Computerworld
Few restrict or monitor access to data on the systems
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Q&A: System i Users Need To Take Proper
Security Steps, IBM Exec Says
Jaikumar Vijayan, Computerworld
Users may not focus on protection because of the system's reliability.
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PowerTech Issues Third Annual State of i5/OS Security Report
Timothy Prickett Morgan, IT jungle
The security of any system is only as good as the methods companies use to implement access to applications, data, and operating system resources.
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