Guide
Fortra's Complete Guide to Layered Offensive Security
Most organizations have a decent understanding of the types of defensive security tactics they need to employ to thwart cyberattacks. But offensive security techniques are just as important for detecting existing vulnerabilities that a threat actor has yet to discover and exploit.
Learn how to approach offensive security from the ground up, including the value of using a...
Guide
2023 Pen Testing Report
Over the years, penetration testing has become an integral component in proactive approaches to security, evaluating and prioritizing risk before breaches occur. Through the exploitation of identified security vulnerabilities, penetration testing can effectively measure the feasibility of systems or end-user compromise and evaluate any related consequences such incidents may...
Case Study
Summit Credit Union Transforms Mortgage Department with RPA
Summit Credit Union turned to mortgage process automation from Automate to connect Blend and Mortgage Cadence to achieve a streamlined mortgage application process.
Guide
5th Annual IBM AIX Community Survey Findings
The AIX Community Survey, now in its fifth consecutive year, goes in-depth with IT teams to gain a unique perspective into how this platform is being used today and how teams envision using it in the future. Over the years, the respondents of the survey have expanded to include a variety of industries, geographies, and titles within IT.
More than 100 IT professionals in North America, EMEA, and APAC participated in this year’s survey, and this input enables all of us to understand the role of AIX with new clarity.
Guide
Integrating IBM i Security Events into Your SIEM
This guide discusses the technical issues relevant to logging IBM i security data and offers a solution for real-time awareness of security events and integration with SIEM solutions.
Guide
Cybersecurity Insiders 2021 Malware Report
Malware and ransomware are some of the most destructive security threats affecting organizations of all sizes, from SMBs to large enterprises and government agencies.
The 2021 Malware Report was produced by Cybersecurity Insiders and Fortra to reveal the latest malware security trends, challenges, and investment priorities. Here are some of the findings:
More respondents...
Case Study
Oregon School Boards Association Uses RPA to Maintain Critical Policies
The Oregon School Boards Association is a non-profit member services agency for more than 200 locally elected boards serving school districts, education service districts, and community colleges. OSBA helps locally-elected volunteers fulfill their complex public education roles.
Watch the video to get a snapshot of their story and read on for more details.
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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...
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Download "CIO Confidential: 5 Things Your IBM i Security Administrator Should Tell You"
Employees on the front lines often possess insight that manager, directors, and executives lack.
Corporate leaders rely on feedback from these professionals, especially when it comes to emerging security threat. But for a variety of reasons, systems administrators might be reluctant to to speak up about critical issues related to IBM i, including the importance of...
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Download "How to Securely Deploy Access Client Solutions (ACS) for IBM i"
IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS) is the newest member of the IBM i Access family, replacing the IBM i Access for Windows client.
ACS runs on most operating systems supporting Java. Because ACS uses different technology and deployment approach than IBM i Access for Windows, the considerations for securely deploying ACS are different than IBM i Access for Windows....
Case Study
Fortra Protects the COMP Performance Group from Viruses and Malware
The COMP Performance Group™ is a world leader in the performance automotive aftermarket with core product lines that include camshafts, transmissions, drivetrain parts, fuel injection systems, and computer simulation software.
After experiencing rapid growth in recent years, the organization brought on Ron Smith to launch an IT transformation project. Ron’s priorities included...
Case Study
Automate Speeds Report Generation and Distribution for a Major Insurer
Medmarc Insurance Group is the leader in the medical products liability insurance industry. The company operates as an insurer offering liability insurance protection to life sciences technology companies.
Medmarc has a monthly close process whereby underwriters write policies up until the close of business for the month. Once all underwriting is completed, the IT staff have to...
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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,...
Case Study
RPA Transforms Ricoh Italia from Traditional Call Center to Omni-Channel Service Center
Ricoh is empowering digital workplaces by using innovative technologies and services enabling individuals to work smarter. All around the world, the company drives innovation and is a leading provider of document management solutions, IT services, commercial and industrial printing, and communication services. Ricoh Italia has a very strong presence in the Italian market. Its...
Case Study
Financial Services Firm Credits Automate with Saving 400 Hours per Month
Background
Providing backend financial services to hundreds of credit unions is an IT-intensive job. For Florida-based PSCU Financial Services, it requires hours of repetitive tasks ranging from monitoring client websites for availability assurance to migrating files from a variety of sources to a central location for client retrieval. Managers in several PSCU departments have...
Case Study
Baptist Health South Florida Streamlines Claims Processing with Automate
Background
Baptist Health is South Florida's largest not-for-profit health care organization, encompassing seven major medical facilities and a number of outpatient centers. They utilize a health information system provided by Siemens called INVISION, and a claims management system from NDC Health called ePREMIS.
The Challenge
Effective claims processing and management is...
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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...