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Cyber Risk Ratings: How Would Your IT Environment Score?
By Bob Erdman on Wed, 12/12/2018
Find out the type of cyber threats that endanger organizations (and their ratings), and how they can protect themselves.
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Enterprise Security: Best Practices and Tips
By Bob Erdman on Mon, 12/03/2018
How much security is really necessary to protect yourself? Read on for tips on how to best protect your organization and avoid becoming a headline.
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Cloud Watching: Ensuring Security in Every Cloud Environment
By Bob Erdman on Fri, 11/02/2018
Read on to learn about the different types of cloud environments, and the biggest security obstacle each presents.
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The Shared Responsibility of Cloud Security
By Bob Erdman on Fri, 10/26/2018
The agreement that cloud security is a shared responsibility between cloud providers and cloud users has now firmly taken hold. How those responsibilities shake out, however, is an ongoing conversation.
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How to Apply IDS/IPS to IBM i
By Robin Tatam on Fri, 05/12/2017
IPS/IDS are common cybersecurity terms, but how does that pertain to the IBM i environment?
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The DDoS Deception You Need to Know About
By Robin Tatam on Wed, 03/08/2017
A denial-of-service attack is any attempt to interrupt or inflict downtime upon IT systems, but a basic DoS threat is smaller in scale than its DDoS counterpart. With the former, the influx of traffic may come from a single source, while in a DDoS attack, traffic comes from numerous sources – making it more difficult to deal with.
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How “Smash and Grab” Compromises IBM i
By Robin Tatam on Wed, 03/08/2017
During an audit a few years ago, I revealed to the client’s security team that corporate payroll information on every employee, including the CEO, was being archived in an output queue (called PAYROLL) for weeks at a time. Due to poor configuration, this information was accessible to every employee.
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What is the Value of SIEM?
By Robin Tatam on Wed, 03/08/2017
As is often the case in the technology industry, the details surrounding security information and event management can be a little unclear. While vendors may offer solutions of varying complexity, there is still a basic idea behind most SIEM products…
Case Study
Powertech Security Auditor Helps CDW Automate Regulatory Compliance Requirements
CDW, a leading provider of technology solutions for business, government, and healthcare, was challenged with meeting strict compliance requirements with minimal staff. The company turned to Powertech Security Auditor to reduce manual processes
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Data Processing Incorporated Banks on the Power of Powertech
When faced with the banking industry’s complex security issues, Data Processing Incorporated turned to Powertech for flexible compliance solutions and first-rate support.
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Powertech Helps the Seneca Nation Play the Security Game
The SGC has a fairly large IBM i presence, including multiple production, development, test, and training systems, in a High Availability (HA) environment. They rely heavily on their IBM i servers to run their distributed properties, including casinos, hotels, resorts, retail outlets...