A North American government agency with more than 1,500 employees needed to give citizens better ways to perform civic data sharing remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
With the news that the Biden Administration is bringing together 30 countries to discuss and address the threat of ransomware later this month, Digital Defense provides insight on how organizations can reduce their risk in this IT Nerd guest blog.
In Unite.AI’s cybersecurity interview, Mieng Lim, VP Product Management at Digital Defense by Fortra, talks about her career at Digital Defense and explains why vulnerability management is fundamental for today’s connected organization.
Organizations today are challenged to find a balance between encouraging employees to use social media for business while staying mindful of the potential security threats.
This guide explores the limitations of legacy AS400 schedulers, identifies the signs that it’s time for a change, and points to the benefits of automated operations using modern workload automation software built for IBM i.
The onset of the pandemic and subsequent boom in remote working forced many organizations to accelerate their digital transformation programs. But in the rush to migrate to the cloud and against a backdrop of evolving cyber threats, are organizations leaving themselves vulnerable to cyber-attacks?
What lessons are to be learned from the many cyber-attacks we hear about in the news? The advice from Mark Bell, Managing Director, Digital Defense by Fortra, is that companies shouldn’t lose hope.
GoAnywhere MFT for IBM i (iSeries) includes native commands for performing PGP encryption and decryption functions directly on the IBM i (formerly known as and often still called AS/400). These commands can be placed in CL programs, the job scheduler or run from IBM i menus.
With GoAnywhere MFT, files can additionally be digitally signed with a private key on the IBM i. In turn, you can verify...
GoAnywhere MFT will automate and secure file transfers on the IBM i platform using Secure FTP, Open PGP and other popular protocols and encryption standards.
GoAnywhere's IBM MFT can be installed on IBM iSeries - version 7.1 and higher on IBM Power Systems, as well as many other operating systems.
Automates and secures file transfers with trading partners, customers and internal servers
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Industry: Banking and Finance
About a year ago, Think Mutual Bank, a bank located in the Midwest, was searching for a way to transfer data between disparate banking systems. Although Think Bank’s core system is the IBM i, the business banking segment runs on MS SQL. Getting all the data into one place (the IBM i), then copying updated files back to the MS SQL system was a challenge that had to be...
Maryland’s Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation (DLLR) must transfer sensitive data in a secure and reliable fashion. Besides the challenge of ensuring information is protected in transit, each DLLR trading partner requires information to be sent in different file formats, such as fixed width, Excel, CSV, or XML.
The DLLR chose GoAnywhere to meet their growing file transfer needs and...
“AS/400 is built to be safe and reliable.”
“No one makes viruses for the IBM i. There are no known cases of malware, either.”
“IBM has amazing IBM i server security, so we don’t have to worry about vulnerabilities.”
Do these statements sound familiar? Perhaps you’ve come across these claims in the industry, heard someone say something similar...
Canada’s data privacy laws may soon be changing. Brush up on what’s expected to change and how your organization can comply with stronger security safeguards.
Are you using homegrown processes in your organization to send files on the IBM i? Between the knowledge required to write and maintain file transfer scripts, the time spent on creating user profiles for every file recipient, and the hassle of solving connection problems so data is always delivered successfully, manual IBM i transfers can be...
Chances are, your team is struggling to keep up with the ever-growing workload, increasing security threats, and shifting priorities that have become hallmarks of today’s IT environment. Instead of proactively building your security posture, you’re forced to be reactive, always fighting the biggest fire first. You need a better way.
It’s time to protect your organization with proactive, automated...
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.