CICS Security – ADCD and Dallas Z ISV RDP
In RACF security terminology, CICS is a resource manager. Resource manager security can be enabled or disabled. Dallas Z ISV…
Security
Four Essential Features for a Database Security Strategy to Take on a Growing Threat Landscape
For a considerable time, many organizations have used three to five on-premise databases to manage their workloads, and many teams have tried to funnel every application into using those databases. Today, as the pressure to innovate while keeping costs low…
Cyber security and cyber resiliency for financial institutions (and everyone else)
For everyone with a mainframe, cyber security and cyber resiliency are important. For financial institutions, a major breach could, potentially,…
Ill winds: Why Mainframe Security Should be Heading Your 2021 Priorities List
It’s an ill wind that blows no good, and profits nobody. That old nautical phrase popped into my head when…
Zero Trust Architecture Mobilizes Organizations to Safeguard Mainframe
Tried and true, the mainframe is here to stay as the backbone of our digital economy. Even as we advance…
IT Security is Business-Critical: And I Hate it…
Okay, that's it - I hate IT security. And I really think that many folks in IT are actually like…
Security complacency: is your mainframe at risk?
This has been a fine summer. And I’m not talking about the weather: I mean the whopping fines proposed for…
Summer – the season for cyber attacks
Keeping your mainframe secure is probably one of your top priorities. You’re looking at cryptography and introducing multi-factor authentication (MFA).…
Breach recovery – the fast and the furious!
Your organization has had a data breach. You’ve managed to confirm that it’s not a false alarm, it really is…
Lost in translation? Why mainframers and non-mainframers need to communicate
In today’s connected world and with security high on the agenda, IT people across the enterprise have to understand each…
Securing data in transit
One way of looking at mainframe data is that it is either at rest or in transit. Data at rest…