Security

Research Finds Majority of C-Suite Leaders Prioritize IT Modernization, but ROI Falls Short Without Comprehensive Strategy

SERVAUTH Class Security Features: Protecting Your Mainframe

Tony Amies, software technical director at Vertali, explains how the ESM (RACF|ACF|TSS) SERVAUTH class can be an invaluable—but often overlooked—tool for organizations pursuing a zero trust strategy

Protect Mainframe Data From Cyber Threats and Ensure Compliance

Defend your mainframe data against ransomware, mass deletion, and other cyber threats to achieve operational resiliency and regulatory compliance. PRODUCT OVERVIEW Enterprises must protect mainframe data against escalating cyber threats, particularly ransomware, which encrypts data and demands payment for its release. Because mainframe data is mission-critical, a single vulnerability can cause severe financial, operational, and […]

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McNelly: The Latest From IBM Support, and Changes to Power11 Partition Scoring

Occasionally readers will ask about documents that are linked in some of my older articles. As an example, I was recently asked to locate a copy of the IBM document I’d linked to in this 2016 blog. If you’re at all tempted, don’t bother clicking that first link; the doc is no longer available. The […]

Security and Governance Lag Behind AI Adoption, says IBM’s ‘Cost of a Data Breach Report’

Governance and security are playing catch-up as enterprises rush to leverage AI, a technology that is generating new attack vectors and changing what organizations must do to protect their data, according to IBM’s recently published “Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025.” The report is the result of research conducted by Ponemon Institute, which studied […]

Mainframe and AI: Driving IT Modernization

Blair Technology Solutions is at the forefront of mainframe modernization, leveraging the power of IBM’s watsonx Code Assistant for Z to bring artificial intelligence into legacy COBOL environments. By automating COBOL code explanation and documentation, and integrating AI-driven code generation and refactoring workflows, Blair is reducing onboarding time, accelerating development cycles, and preserving the reliability […]

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Are You Following the ‘Big 3’ Basics of Cybersecurity?

Security consultant Niall Ashley explains the importance of role-based access control, zero trust and least privilege

AI Security, Risk and Compliance, With Trustero CISO George Totev

George Totev, chief information security officer at Trustero, joins Charlie Guarino on TechTalk SMB to share his observations on the state of AI and the new security considerations that must now be considered

SMT Data Releases ITBI Portal v2—Next-Generation Mainframe Performance Optimization Platform

Dissecting z/OS Security Software—Base Elements, Optional Features and Products

In this edition of "z/OS and Friends," Joe Gulla turns his attention to z/OS security software, discussing more than 20 components of the stack