Certainly, you're much too wise to think that a network appliance will protect your data. Or are you?

by John Earl

Security solutions are all the same, right? If it runs well on Linux or Windows, it ought to work well on the System i, right?

If you're a dyed-in-the-wool System i professional, you probably don't believe that. You're well aware of the differences between the System i operating systems (IBM i, i5/OS, OS/400) and the popular UNIX flavors. But sometimes you have to convince other IT team members in your organization that the solutions they've deployed on other platforms are not necessarily the best fit for the System i.

Knowing what to do--and what not to do--can help you get into compliance and stay there.

By Carol Woodbury

Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from "Compliance Without the Complexities," a free handbook that you can download from the MC White Paper Center.

The purpose of this article is to highlight the various aspects of compliance, specifically how to attain and maintain compliance. Many organizations have attained compliance, but a common complaint we hear is that maintaining compliance takes too long and costs too much. Through the practical experience of helping our clients--both large and small--attain and maintain compliance, we have built up a treasure chest of tips and techniques to help every organization address its compliance needs.

By creating one-time session certificates, the firm's SecureEmail solution allows users to send encrypted emails to recipients who don't have public-key certificates.

By Chris Smith

I shudder when I think about some of the stuff we send over the Internet either in emails or as attachments.

Last season, my bookkeeper sent my tax return back for review as an email attachment and put my name and social security number in the subject line.

In this article, security expert Carol Woodbury advises how to keep your IBM i secure.

By Carol Woodbury

When I was asked to write this article, my thought was, haven't I written this article before? The answer is yes, but it's been awhile and times have changed, so there are new issues to be aware of when considering security best practices for i.

Obfuscation protects your source code from potential security threats while keeping the application's functionality in place.

By Joydip Kanjilal

Obfuscation is a process that involves converting your source code and data into an equivalent code or format such that it becomes difficult to reverse-engineer it using the decompiler tools without changing any of the application's code or functionality. This article discusses what obfuscation is, what the benefits of obfuscation are, and how you can use obfuscating tools in .NET, Java, and even JavaScript to prevent your code from potential threats.