Securing data in transit
One way of looking at mainframe data is that it is either at rest or in transit. Data at rest…
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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 other. Mainframers need to be able to talk to non-mainframers with clarity, and vice-versa. Managers in the enterprise need to…
Pervasive encryption concerns
In today’s treacherous world of constant hacking threats and corresponding data breaches, IT security and breach prevention has become a…
Multi-Factor Authentication
There was a time when mainframes were in a world of their own, separated from other computing platforms. A world…
A view from the C-level
New mainframe technologies that will make a difference to your business Be honest: what do you really think of IT? …
Database security – You need to pay better attention to it
Almost 2 years ago, it was reported that over 10,000 MongoDB databases had been deleted by ransomware groups - and…
Why mainframe shops are procrastinating over multi-factor authentication
In my last article I outlined why, for a number of reasons, mainframe shops are growing increasingly aware of the…
Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
Or: We need to talk about mainframe hacking There’s an elephant in the room says Mark Wilson. It’s mainframe-sized, at…
Validating your files
Mainframe files/datasets are liable to change quite often. After all, people are using those files so they are likely to…
Porting an Enterprise App to System Z – My Experience Pt.3
Part 3 of 4: The Bad As I’ve explained in Part 1 Basics and Part 2 Good, I did a…
Porting an Enterprise App to System Z – My Experience Pt.2
Part 2 of 4: The Good I provided a simplistic overview of what I intended to port to Linux for…