Get your IBM i Security Assessment without the cost of a formal audit.

Written by Robin Tatam

The economic downturn during the past few years has resulted in fewer resources for IT projects, leaving management scrambling to find more efficient and cost-effective ways to utilize the resources that remain.

PowerTech leaks details from its 10th "State of IBM i Security" study.

Written by Robin Tatam

A decade has passed since PowerTech published the first hugely popular "State of IBM i Security" study; however, despite the evolution of the server and the operating system, many configuration vulnerabilities remain the same.

Ensure that user profile settings match the user's needs but nothing more.

Written by Robin Tatam

Most of us have inherited our users and had no involvement in their profile creation or granting of authorities. Many existing profiles are copies of legacy profiles created when removing a command line from a green-screen menu afforded reasonable protection, even from an *ALLOBJ user.

Authority Broker 4's new Screen Capture feature represents a Quantum Leap in user auditing!

Written by Robin Tatam

A popular new TV crime drama called Person of Interest tells of an advanced computer that can predict crimes by monitoring the actions and conversations of New Yorkers for signs that they are planning something nefarious. Although the idea of "Big Brother" monitoring public places elicits heated debate regarding personal privacy, most of us acknowledge that monitoring user activities in the modern workplace has become a necessity.

Security reporting should be an integral part of every organization's security strategy.

Written by Robin Tatam

I recently spoke with a number of attendees at COMMON's fall conference in Columbus who were facing regulatory mandates including PCI, Sarbanes-Oxley, and HIPAA. For these organizations, tremendous resources are often consumed in order to generate the variety of information deemed necessary to prove compliance. Other session attendees indicated that, despite having no formal regulatory requirement, they wanted to learn more about security reporting on IBM i.  

You would probably be surprised, and now you can find out easily.

Written by Patrick Botz

It's widely known that passwords are a royal pain in the Kardashian. What's less well known is that managing those pesky things is also a considerable hidden drain on the corporate pocketbook. Do you have any idea how much your organization spends on managing passwords? You can find out in just couple of minutes using the free SSO ROI calculator found at www.botzandassociates.com. And if you're like the majority of people who have used it already, you'll be surprised by just how much you actually spend on password management!

Discover the euphoria of self-service password reset.

Written by Robin Tatam

Since the dawn of the technological age, stories have abounded of users writing passwords on Post-It notes and in logbooks. That's because good passwords are hard to devise and even harder to remember. When we concoct one, we hang on to it. What's worse, we use the same username and password everywhere. Many experts believe passwords represent one of the greatest security vulnerabilities; however, they remain a necessary evil. The reality is that passwords will be around for the foreseeable future. And for every password that exists, there's a user who will forget it.

Are you still debating the argument surrounding network exit points?

Written by Robin Tatam

PowerTech began selling a network exit point solution more than 16 years ago. Since then, hundreds of customers have embraced the concept of exit points, making Network Security our best-selling solution. However, many people remain unaware of the existence of exit points while others declare that they don't need them. Why is there such a marked difference of opinion? And who's right?