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.
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.
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...
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.
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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.
Does this sound familiar? You recently experienced an “unplanned outage” after an administrator inadvertently issued a PWRDWNSYS command while mentoring a new operator.
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.
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 general lack of awareness of the...
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.