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Your IFS Is Probably a Treasure Trove of Unsecured Data

Wed, 09/12/2018
Consider the type of information contained in the PDFs in your directories and spooled files in your output queues. Aside from taking up disk space and consuming time during a backup, what's the issue with leaving these reports on the system? The issue is the contents of those reports, along with who has access to them.
IBM i Cybersecurity
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How to Get Started with NIST 800-171 Compliance

By Kevin Jackson on Fri, 09/22/2017
Are you ready to report your NIST 800-171 compliance status by the end of the year? If you do business with the federal government, you need to comply with SP NIST 800-171 by the end of the year. Now is the time to implement your compliance plan.
Automation
Infrastructure and Data Protection
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Monitoring
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Protect Your Administrator Accounts from Abuse

Fri, 03/10/2017
Attackers often use malware to exploit user credentials and gain access to sensitive data. Properly securing admin accounts is an important line of defense you don't want to ignore. Read on to learn how.
Vulnerability Management
IBM i Cybersecurity
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A Virus on i?

By Sandi Moore on Thu, 03/09/2017
Do you all remember Malcom Haines’ presentation comparing the viruses on Windows and on IBM i? The first slide, for Microsoft, was an entire page filled, at a 4-point font, with different viruses. Then Malcom switched to the IBM i slide, which was blank. This would always result in an outburst in laughter among us IBM i evangelists.
IBM i Cybersecurity
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The DDoS Deception You Need to Know About

By Robin Tatam on Wed, 03/08/2017
A denial-of-service attack is any attempt to interrupt or inflict downtime upon IT systems, but a basic DoS threat is smaller in scale than its DDoS counterpart. With the former, the influx of traffic may come from a single source, while in a DDoS attack, traffic comes from numerous sources – making it more difficult to deal with.
IBM i Cybersecurity
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PCI Compliance is Only the Beginning of Security

By Robin Tatam on Wed, 03/08/2017
The recent string of breaches at prominent retailers such as Target and Neiman Marcus demonstrated that too many organizations still falsely equate PCI compliance with comprehensive security. Fully compliant organizations are being hit with attacks that compromise payment card data on a regular basis.
Compliance
IBM i Cybersecurity
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How “Smash and Grab” Compromises IBM i

By Robin Tatam on Wed, 03/08/2017
During an audit a few years ago, I revealed to the client’s security team that corporate payroll information on every employee, including the CEO, was being archived in an output queue (called PAYROLL) for weeks at a time. Due to poor configuration, this information was accessible to every employee.
IBM i Cybersecurity
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PCI Compliance Takeaways from the Target Data Breach

By Robin Tatam on Wed, 03/08/2017
Smack in the middle of the holiday shopping season, Target was hit with a malware attack that infiltrated its point-of-sale systems and enabled the theft of credit card numbers and personally identifiable information from more than 70 million shoppers.
Compliance
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What to Know about the New NIST Cybersecurity Framework

By Robin Tatam on Wed, 03/08/2017
Compiled with significant input from the private sector, the Cybersecurity Framework isn’t a prescriptive compliance document and instead gives companies significant leeway in how they use it to inform their security strategies. As a relatively new source of guidance, its implications for regulated industries aren’t clear yet.
Compliance