Mainframe, Security and More: A Review of 2022 and a Look at 2023
January 19, 2023
2022 was the year people decided whether they wanted to go back to working in an office environment, or whether they preferred to work from home. At some organizations, management feared they would lose control of employees they couldn’t see all day. Other companies trusted their staff to complete tasks at times that suited them—given […]
ArticlesIBM, Lenovo and HPE Servers Deliver Strongest Security as Data Breaches Surge
January 9, 2023
A 52% majority of enterprises cannot determine the amount of time it took their businesses to identify, isolate and shut down a security attack
ArticlesDelivering Cyberresiliency for Mainframes
December 19, 2022
Cyberresilience is essential for operational and business continuity: it’s part-and-parcel of providing continuous protection for the business and maintaining a hardened security stance. How can you develop and deliver the right strategy to ensure this resilience, secure your mainframe systems and data from attack and other threats and, crucially, resume operations quickly and effectively in […]
ArticlesIBM i Security in the Hybrid Workplace
December 6, 2022
According to a recent AT&T work survey, “Hybrid work will be the foremost working model by 2024, with 56% of work done offsite.” Many companies that deployed remote work solutions during the pandemic found that employees working remotely can be as productive as being in the office. In addition, employees are demanding the flexibility to […]
ArticlesMainframe Security: Are There More Gaps in Your Defenses Than You Thought?
May 16, 2022
Hackers are always trying to find ways into your mainframe and exfiltrate your data. Trying to stay ahead of their ingenuity can be hard work. Luckily, penetration testers are doing that work for us, and we can learn a lot from them about how to strengthen our defenses. Threats to the Mainframe When people talk […]
IBM, Lenovo, HPE and Huawei Servers Rank as Most Secure Platforms in ITIC Survey
April 20, 2022
IBM, Lenovo, Huawei and Hewlett-Packard enterprise servers ranked as the most secure platforms in an ITIC survey—experiencing the fewest number of successful data breaches
ArticlesHighlights From the 2022 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index
April 8, 2022
The annual X-Force Threat Intelligence Index from IBM Security is always a sobering read, and the 2022 edition is no exception. Here, we highlight some of the key security findings, statistics and trends in the report. Cyberattacks by the Numbers This year’s report outlines that phishing was the most common cause of cyberattacks in 2021. […]
ArticlesExtending Cyberresilience Capabilities
February 22, 2022
Managing and maintaining storage networks was never easy, but over the past two years, the responsibilities and challenges that come with the job have multiplied and diversified. Administrators must provide secure access to networks that extend beyond virtual corporate boundaries to serve an ever-growing work from home user base. Ransomware and other threats to data […]
ArticlesEvil Mainframe Brings Ethical Hacking to the Forefront
August 26, 2021
When it comes to hacking, there are courses that can teach you to break past the security of almost anything. However, learning how to hack a mainframe usually isn’t one of them. That’s why Chad Rikansrud and Phil Young created Evil Mainframe, the first mainframe penetration testing class. “The IT world at large has benefited […]
ArticlesSecurity Analytics Market to Gain Traction Across Healthcare Sector
June 7, 2021
The global market for security analytics solutions and services is set to churn out massive profits in 2021 and beyond. Here’s how: The 21st century is no doubt one of the profitable eras for large-scale digitization. With massive shifts toward digital platforms being a protocol of the current COVID-19 age, digitization has, perhaps, touched the apex. […]