Protect Your Organization by Preventing Ransomware
Ransomware attacks have been prominent in the news lately, but for every such breach that is widely publicized, there are many others that go unreported in the press. Companies of all sizes are...
IBM i Security: Malware Defense and Privacy Protection Privacy
Cybersecurity has been a hot topic this year, with several high-profile news stories emerging that have underscored the potential costs for malware defense both in money and reputation, of...
Security Checklist for IBM i Systems
For the past three years, Precisely has annually surveyed IT professionals who are responsible for IBM i systems at their companies. When respondents were asked to indicate their organization’s top...
Achieve Comprehensive Security with Multi-Level Access Control
Too many privileged users constitute a significant data management and security risk. However, providing users and systems with the least access necessary is complex. Administrators need tools for...
Dangers of Encryption on the IBM i (AS/400, i series): 7 Pitfalls to Avoid
IBM’s security implementation on the IBM i platform is good, but that doesn’t mean that it’s immune from data breaches. All PCs and servers on the same network as your IBM i server are...
NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulations and Encryption – 7 Steps to Compliance
The article below is an update to Townsend Security’s popular blog post on NYDFS cybersecurity regulations. On March 1, 2017, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) made their...
Identify and Address 5 Top IBM i Security Threats
The IBM i has a well-earned reputation as one of the most secure IT platforms in the world. But actually, that’s something of a misnomer. It would be more correct to say that IBM i is one of the...
Why Data Encryption is Critical to FinTech
FinTech (financial technologies) is transforming the financial services industry. FinTech professionals from banks and credit unions to insurance companies deal with huge amounts of private data on a...
Regulations Remain Top Security Challenge for IT Professionals
To the consternation of IT professionals everywhere, data security challenges continue to evolve each year. Precisely’s Annual Security Survey for 2019 highlighted the challenge of the adoption...
