Resources

Guide

Download "A Guide to Practical Single Sign On"

The cost of managing user access to data and software applications with user IDs and passwords adds up quickly, but the solution is surprisingly simple. With single sign on (SSO), you can eliminate passwords—and the cost associated with them—by joining your IBM i, AIX, and Linux servers to your Windows domain for authentication. The key to achieving the ROI...
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6 Users to Put on Your Security Watch List

Most IT teams have processes in place to deal with security threats like malware, spam emails, and brute-force attacks. But while these processes provide relief of mind and protection from external data breaches, it’s not always outside hackers you have to worry about.Sometimes, security threats come from the inside.In this ebook, you'll learn about eight user types we think you should put on your...
Guide

Choosing the Right SIEM Solution to Face Today's Security Challenges

What Makes a SIEM Solution Effective? SIEM solutions have become an essential part of many organization's security toolkits. SIEM technology gives organizations helpful insights into potential security threats across critical business networks, streamlines compliance reporting, improves efficiencies, and provides peace of mind. Given the immense benefits and an increase in the number of SIEM...
Guide

Download "The Complete Guide to Securing IBM i Exit Points"

Exit points and exit programs aren’t new concepts, but we get more questions about them than any other topic related to IBM i security. Most people who work with IBM i have heard of them but aren’t sure if they need to use them. This guide is designed to equip IBM i pros with information about what exit points are and how exit programs work, along with their...
Article

Perspectives on the Changing Linux Ecosystem

Media Text In the early 1990s the Open Software Foundation formed a committee to select and standardize a new Management Platform Toolset for and from the UNIX ecosystem. After much...
Guide

Download "Childhood's End: Attackers Increasingly Take Aim at Linux Systems"

Like the wide-eyed humans who mistakenly trust their benevolent alien overlords in Arthur C. Clarke’s science-fiction classic, Linux users the world over are beginning to awaken to the reality that their malware- free utopian childhood is rapidly coming to an end. A startling increase in malware, ransomware and malicious code targeting Linux systems of all shapes and sizes since 2015 means the...
Guide

Download "IBM i Security and Integrity Monitoring Handbook"

Data breaches increase in number and severity every year. Putting barriers in place to stop attackers is an important part of any data protection plan, but barriers alone aren’t enough. Today’s top IT profressionals know that verifying the effectiveness of cybersecurity controls is critical. After all, most breaches go months before they’re discovered. Monitoring your security and regularly...
Article

Sudo or SuDon't: Manage Your Privileged Command Execution and Sudo Policies

System admins need root level authority at all times, system operations staff needs periodic database and application account authority, and security admins needing to protect the environment are some of the few of the challenges of managing privilege in the enterprise server infrastructure. Read this article to learn more about Sudo alternatives.
Article

Pros and Cons for Puppet's Configuration Management & Security

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY I was at the Red Hat Summit in Boston at the end of June. We had a lot of activity at our exhibitor stand, and a lot of discussions being passed on to me by our sales team I continued to have the same conversation again and again over the three days. This seems to be the year people have finished bedding down Puppet...
Article

Managing IT Access Privileges

THE UNSOLVED PROBLEM Secure, private, effective use of computers by a company (including hosted, cloud and other services as well as the company’s own systems) relies on managing access privileges. The problem isn’t unique to computers. Office buildings, hotels, apartments and college dorms, for example, typically have “master keys” (or smart ID...
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Solving Healthcare Security Concerns

According to a recent KPMG report, four-fifths of executives at healthcare providers and payers say their information technology has been compromised by cyberattacks. That same report presents how the increased risk to healthcare organizations relates to the richness and uniqueness of the information that health plans, doctors and hospitals handle. Apart from typical financial fraud, there is also...
Guide

Anti Malware for Linux, AIX, and IBM i Servers

When Malware Attacks Your IBM i, AIX, and Linux Servers Guide Malware and ransomware attacks have increased, halting day-to-day operations and bringing organizations to their knees. Businesses know anti malware is essential to protecting PCs from malicious programs, but many don’t realize the value of server-level protection until the damage is done. This guide examines the real-world...