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What's the Difference Between a Profile Swap and Adopted Authority?
Mon, 01/16/2017
Many organizations have the requirement to reduce the number of profiles to which special authorities—especially *ALLOBJ specially authority—have been assigned. In many cases, the excess capabilities can simply be removed because they aren't required for the person to perform their job functions.
*SAVSYS special authority is a good example. Unless...
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IT Risk Mitigation
By Per Bauer on Thu, 09/01/2016
It's a brave new world for IT. And it often seems impossible to predict future demand and guard against performance risks.
You have mountains of data, scalable cloud infrastructures, and a complex web of IT environments. It's complicated, to say the least.
And it's matched by skyrocketing consumer demand for and reliance on online services.
Bottom line: outages are more dangerous to a company...
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Three Reasons You Need an Updated Security Policy
Sun, 08/21/2016
If you still think creating and maintaining a security policy isn’t necessary, you could be setting up your organization for an unpleasant surprise. Check out the top three reasons businesses need an up-to-date security policy.
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IT Security Compliance 101
By Robin Tatam on Sun, 08/21/2016
In this compliance 101 primer, we'll look at three high-profile breaches from the past year, each of which shows what can go wrong when data oversight isn't up to snuff. Along the way, we'll discuss some basic fixes that can help shore up network defenses.
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Hacktivists Show the Danger of Leaving IBM i Unprotected
Thu, 08/11/2016
Your IBM i is only as secure as you make it. IBM i security experts have been saying this for years, but at least one organization learned the hard way.
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Service Level Management
By Per Bauer on Fri, 02/26/2016
While IT managers agree that service level management (SLM) is critical to their organizations, many also find it intimidating. It need not be. An SLM program is what you make it - it can be formal or informal, all-encompassing or focused on key services. The point is to document required service levels for services provided to the business by the IT organization.
Service-level requirements are...