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How to Meet Biden’s Executive Order on Cybersecurity Requirements
Tue, 06/01/2021
On May 12, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order designed to improve the nation’s cybersecurity and to better protect federal government networks. Learn more about the executive order in our blog.
Guide
Download Transferring Confidential Information: Best Practices for Safe Data Sharing Guide
There are many reasons why businesses need to secure sensitive or valuable information when collaborating inside and outside their organization – data regulations, industry compliance, protecting confidentiality or preventing unauthorized access to name a few.In this guide, we outline some best practices for securing and protecting confidential information, highlight how easy it is for this...
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What are Data Security Solutions and How do They Work?
Wed, 05/12/2021
The widespread use and distribution of information makes securing data a significant challenge. In this blog post, we take a detailed look at how Data Security Solutions help solve this problem.
On-Demand Webinar
Get More Control Over Your Data with Intelligent Automation
Fri, 04/30/2021
Learn how your organization can use intelligent automation to maintain control of critical information with more speed and accuracy in this on-demand webinar.
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What is the LGPD? Meet Brazil’s New Powerful Data Protection Law
By Kurt Thomas on Thu, 01/28/2021
Brazil is Latin America’s largest technology hub and has the eighth-largest economy by GDP. Getting to know the ins and outs of LGPD is essential for doing business there.
Blog
Increased Home Working is Recognized by CISOs as the Cybersecurity Threat with the Potential to Cause the Most Damage
Wed, 11/25/2020
We work with many of the biggest Financial Services (FS) enterprises in the US and hear first-hand about some of the cybersecurity challenges they face on a daily basis. It’s a tough world out there and it’s getting tougher, according to the findings in our recent survey of 250 global FS CISOs and CIOs.Almost two-thirds of global FS firms have...
Blog
The Evolution of Cybersecurity Solutions for Organizations
Tue, 08/11/2020
In the early days of the internet, cybersecurity was fairly straightforward, with all solutions and strategies geared toward prevention. While prevention remains critical, cybersecurity has also had to evolve, with businesses layering their defenses and regularly evaluating the status of their safeguards to adapt to change—whether those be organizational or within the wider cybersecurity sphere.
Blog
Why You Should Integrate Your DLP with MFT
By Brian Pick on Thu, 06/18/2020
Discover how integrating data loss prevention (DLP), threat protection, and managed file transfer (MFT) solutions can bolster the security of your sensitive data.
Article
Remember the IFS!
By Robin Tatam on Thu, 06/27/2019
Ask any security professional which area of IBM i security is most often ignored and chances are that the unanimous response is a chorus of “the Integrated File System.” Although it’s been around since V3R1, the Integrated File System, or IFS, remains a shrouded mystery that represents significant risk to many IBM i organizations.
Datasheet
Powertech Command Security for IBM i
Using Command Security, you identify which commands you want to monitor, specify the conditions under which the command should be secured, and define the actions to take when the conditions are met. Schedule a demo today.
Article
Protect the IBM i Command Line with Powertech Command Security for IBM i
By Robin Tatam on Fri, 03/24/2017
A user’s ability to execute commands in a green-screen environment is controlled by the limit capabilities (LMTCPB) parameter on their profile. Although without exit programs to extend IBM i security functions, even limited capability users could invoke commands through network interfaces such as FTP.
Article
Command Access Can Bring Unexpected Consequences
By Robin Tatam on Fri, 03/24/2017
Does this sound familiar? You recently experienced an “unplanned outage” after an administrator inadvertently issued a PWRDWNSYS command while mentoring a new operator.
On-Demand Webinar
Audit and Control of Powerful Users on IBM i
By Robin Tatam
Discover the ways to control and audit the activity of powerful users, with a view to enhancing the integrity of your IBM i. With the proper controls in place, you can restrict even the most powerful users as required.
Guide
Download “How IT Professionals Can Navigate PCI DSS Compliance” Guide
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) applies to every organization that processes credit or debit card information. This includes merchants and third-party service providers that store, process, or transmit credit card data.The launch of PCI DSS helped expose serious security shortcomings, failures to follow security best practices, and a...
Case Study
Powertech Protects Healthcare Company’s IBM i Systems to the Max
When a healthcare organization faced stringent regulations like HIPAA, PowerTech's security products closed the security gaps on IBM i and helped protect confidential data.