The amount of information available in the audit journal is impressive, but the AJ also is one of the system's best-kept secrets.

Written by Carol Woodbury

The following is taken from the white paper "Ways to Use the IBM i Audit Journal," available for download free from the MC White Paper Center.

One of my favorite integrated features of IBM i (iSeries) is auditing. The system can be configured to audit security-relevant actions of every profile on the system or just a handful. Or it can be configured to audit the use of objects.

The amount of information available in the audit journal is really quite amazing. Unfortunately, it's one of the system's best-kept secrets!

The recently released utility from Halcyon gives system administrators the ability to grant temporary authorities to users and then monitor their activities during a limited period.

Written by Chris Smith

A friend of mine had her identity stolen and suddenly started receiving thousands of dollars in random credit card charges before she knew what hit her. It turned out that a disgruntled employee working at the financial institution holding her mortgage had downloaded and sold her personal information—along with that of thousands of other customers—to an international crime ring. Could this happen at your company, and should you be so unlucky, how long would it take you to realize there was a security breach?

As concerns about cyber security grow, even the reliable IBM i can use some protection help against myriad threats. Here are more than 50 products that can help you.

Written by John Ghrist

The start of a new year is always a good time to review and refresh our longstanding outlooks on a variety of topics, and computer security is certainly a deserving one. IBM's Power Systems (called here the System i) have a solid reputation for reliability and security, but each passing year sees growth in threats to systems and data. That makes any time a good time for reviewing the System i market's spectrum of products that can help avoid security problems.

Even if your auditors don't have actual knowledge of i5/OS security themselves, they typically have a "playbook" of audit points to look for in your i5/OS security configuration. 

Written by Carol Woodbury

Editor's note: This article introduces the white paper "Oh No! Another Audit!" available free at the MC White Paper Center.

Some industries, such as finance, seem to have audits every other month and others only once a year. Regardless of the frequency of your audits, they take up your time and energy. SkyView Partners products and services were developed to reduce the cost and drive out the complexity of compliance requirements stemming from audits and various laws and regulations. This paper is devoted to the discussion of the typical audit requirements that I see our customers experiencing and how SkyView products and services address those audit points.

With QINACTITV and QINACTMSG, you can manage interactive jobs when your users are out to lunch…literally.

Written by Steven C. Pitcher

In my shop, we have some users who key data all day long and others who enter data once every hour or maybe even longer. The amount of time you allow an inactive job to run is not an industry standard; what you choose must fit your business.

Some changes have system administrators in mind; others benefit ISVs.

Written by Pat Botz
Version 7.1 of the IBM i operating system introduces several not quite jaw-dropping but nonetheless useful security enhancements. ISVs will find certain enhancements particularly interesting, while others will be of greater interest to customer IT shops.

In this article, security expert Carol Woodbury provides an explanation of the new security features provided in V7.

Written by Carol Woodbury

The IBM i operating system is famous for being one of the most securable systems available in the market, and IBM continues to take steps to ensure it stays that way.

Raz-Lee introduces two new iSecurity modules to make multi-system administration easier.

Written by Chris Smith

More than 20 companies offer security solutions for the IBM i, a fact that represents something of an irony for a platform that is renowned for its security features. The lack of expertise within companies on how to take advantage of all the security features within the platform is legendary among security consultants who return from field assignments with eye-opening tales of horror.