On-Demand Webinar
Combating Ransomware: Building a Strategy to Prevent and Detect Attacks
By Bob Erdman
Go in-depth on the ransomware attack cycle, the need to protect every endpoint, and how to spot signs of infection before data is encrypted by malicious actors.
Blog
Endpoint Antivirus Software: What It Is, and Why You Need It
By Bob Erdman on Mon, 10/19/2020
The threat landscape can be a frightening scene when you look at the malicious attacks and ransomware infiltrating organizations around the globe. The good news: Endpoint antivirus applications are making enormous strides in their ability to protect enterprise-level equipment and data from attack. The bad news: Many companies overlook the need to secure non-Windows infrastructure and focus their...
Blog
The Evolution of Cybersecurity Solutions for Organizations
Tue, 08/11/2020
In the early days of the internet, cybersecurity was fairly straightforward, with all solutions and strategies geared toward prevention. While prevention remains critical, cybersecurity has also had to evolve, with businesses layering their defenses and regularly evaluating the status of their safeguards to adapt to change—whether those be organizational or within the wider cybersecurity sphere.
On-Demand Webinar
Cybersecurity Trends in 2019 and Predictions for 2020
By Bob Erdman
Count down the top cybersecurity trends of 2019 and hear predictions for what’s to come in 2020. 2020 looks to be just as exciting as 2019, with ample opportunities for organizations to improve their cybersecurity stance.
On-Demand Webinar
Responding to Ransomware: Steps to Take to Reduce Your Risk
By Bob Erdman
Join cybersecurity experts Bob Erdman, Security Product Manager at Fortra, and Holger Schulze, CEO and Founder of Cybersecurity Insiders, as they discuss the continuing challenge of ransomware.
Blog
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.
Blog
Why Corporate Networks are Key Targets for Cryptojacking
By Bob Erdman on Thu, 12/06/2018
The days of being able to ignore cryptocurrency is over. Even if you don’t use it, you’re now at risk of being adversely affected by it through cryptomining malware, also known as cryptojacking. Read on to find out what cryptocurrency is, how cryptojacking is on the rise, and how you can protect your organization.
Blog
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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Powertech Compliance Monitor for IBM i
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Managing Your IBM i Audit Data
By Robin Tatam on Wed, 08/01/2018
Let’s face it; system administration remains a largely thankless task. From scheduling jobs to balancing workloads to answering messages in QSYSOPR, administrators and operators work diligently behind the scenes to ensure that IBM i servers are available to run mission-critical applications.
On-Demand Webinar
Reduce the Cost and Effort of IBM i Auditing
By Robin Tatam
IBM i puts the ability to audit at your disposal, but how do you convert the raw data into useful information?
Blog
Could Ransomware Like WannaCry Hit IBM i?
Thu, 01/04/2018
Security expert Robin Tatam explains how WannaCry and similar ransomware can affect the unique IBM i operating system.
Article
Generate and Distribute Audit Reports Automatically
By Robin Tatam on Mon, 04/03/2017
Despite the server’s incredible security infrastructure, auditing remains primarily a thankless, manual chore. And, let’s face it, any task that’s thankless and manual probably won’t get done.
Blog
PCI Compliance Takeaways from the Target Data Breach
By Robin Tatam on Wed, 03/08/2017
Smack in the middle of the holiday shopping season, Target was hit with a malware attack that infiltrated its point-of-sale systems and enabled the theft of credit card numbers and personally identifiable information from more than 70 million shoppers.
On-Demand Webinar
An Introduction to PCI Compliance on IBM Power Systems
By Robin Tatam
Complying with the PCI standard is a normal part of doing business in today’s credit-centric world. But, PCI applies to multiple platforms. The challenge becomes how to map the general PCI requirements to a specific platform, such as IBM i. And, more importantly, how can you maintain—and prove—compliance?
Blog
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.
Guide
Download “How IT Professionals Can Navigate PCI DSS Compliance” Guide
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...
Guide
Self-Audit: Checking Assumptions at the Door
Sysadmins, devops engineers, and cybersecurity personnel are often kept awake by a number of questions.
How should I monitor my monitoring to be sure it will alert me when there is a security issue that needs my intervention? How can I be sure that the servers and processes in the environment haven’t been rooted already?
In the quest to get better sleep, it is a good idea to self-audit your...