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eBay Breach Highlights the Value of Monitoring Security-Related Events

By Robin Tatam on Fri, 03/24/2017
The importance of monitoring your computer system and personal information simply cannot be overstated. In today's online environment, hackers hungry for users' account information and other sensitive details seem to be lurking around every corner. To keep these attackers at bay, companies must always have an eye on system and account activity, and be able to react quickly should anything...
Infrastructure and Data Protection
Blog

Cracking the Problem of Endpoint Security

By Robin Tatam on Fri, 03/24/2017
Endpoint security has been a hot topic in the technology and corporate sectors for a few years. Especially with the emergence of bring-your-own-device practices, it has become even more critical to put safeguards in place to ensure the security of sensitive information.
Infrastructure and Data Protection
Blog

Single Sign-On and the Dangers of Active Directory

By Robin Tatam on Fri, 03/24/2017
Active Directory is a staple of enterprise IT and it nominally ensures secure, authenticated access to a company's core business applications. It can become problematic if it isn't properly monitored and supported by up-to-date security software, modern hardware, and access controls. Accordingly, system administrators face many potential risks when working with Active Directory.
Infrastructure and Data Protection
Data Integrity Monitoring graphic
Article

How To Maintain Your Data Integrity

By Robin Tatam on Tue, 03/21/2017
File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) helps ensure that your critical and sensitive data is viewed and changed only by authorized personnel through approved channels. Candidates for FIM include application files containing sensitive data, such as personnel or financial data, and server configuration files.
Infrastructure and Data Protection
Banks depend on AS/400 for security
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IBM i: The Backbone of the Banking Industry

Tue, 03/21/2017
Highly regulated organizations such as those in the banking industry have a strong history with IBM i, and for good reason—the platform offers an unprecedented level of security.
Infrastructure and Data Protection
On-Demand Webinar

10 Tips for AIX Security

By Robin Tatam
Attackers often target servers used for mission-critical data, and servers running AIX are no exception. In this on-demand webinar, cybersecurity expert Robin Tatam explains how a well-defined security policy can help protect your systems, focusing on the 10 most important issues to consider for setting a strong AIX security policy.
Infrastructure and Data Protection
Blog

How DR Compliance Requirements Impact HA Decisions

By Tom Huntington on Wed, 03/01/2017
Disaster recovery requirements are part of the geographic and industry regulations that affect our organizations. Having the right solutions in place can help to avoid penalties and make audits go smoothly. Read on to create a complete compliance toolkit.
Automation
Compliance
Article

Secret Capabilities of Robot Schedule Revealed

By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 01/31/2017
We recently surveyed our Robot Schedule technical support group for “ah ha!” moments that they’ve helped customers realize over the past few years. These tips from our tech gurus have helped customers automate jobs that needed to check a data area before running, track non-Robot jobs for reporting purposes, and check the status of a file before running a job.
Automation
Article

What Makes the Good Morning Report So Good?

By Chuck Losinski on Mon, 01/30/2017
There is nothing like waking up to find the latest news delivered right to your doorstep, waiting for you on the printer, or sent to you electronically. For years, our customers have started their days reading the Good Morning report from Robot Schedule.
Automation
Monitoring
On-Demand Webinar

The Secret to Getting Automation off the Ground

By Chuck Losinski
You’ve been running your computer systems through a mishmash of manual run books, built-in schedulers, multiple homegrown scripts, and tribal knowledge for years. Let’s be honest. What’s harder to manage: your systems or your patchwork solutions?
Automation
On-Demand Webinar

Next Generation Job Scheduling

By Sara Williams
Have you seen the new web interface for Robot Schedule? It contains current user favorites, including Schedule Activity Monitor (SAM), plus exclusive new features for diagraming job flows and sharing dashboards.
Automation