PowerTech Tools Build Trust By Decreasing Authority
by Alex Woodie

It's 7 p.m., and all your users are supposed to be logged off the system, but do you know where your security officer is? While you trust your security officer to hold the keys to the i5/OS kingdom, today's regulatory environment simply doesn't permit all-powerful users to traverse corporate IT systems unseen and unmonitored. A new release of PowerTech Group's AuthorityBroker gives i5/OS shops the capability to monitor the monitors, and get back into the good graces of the auditors. READ MORE >

IBM Expects Speedier Portal Projects
by Dan Burger

Long implementation timeframes have plagued portal projects since this technology became widely available. That's not to say that companies are unable to successfully deploy portals. IBM and other portal software companies have documented numerous achievements. However, portals have yet to gain widespread acceptance, and the burden of prolonged implementation has been a factor. Some of that responsibility rests with the complexity of the software and some of it rests on companies' failure to have a clear business plan. READ MORE >

BSafe Introduces Cross-Platform Auditing
by Alex Woodie

Companies that run multiple types of server are faced with special challenges when it comes to collecting log data, normalizing the information, and generating audit reports. Auditing is bad enough with a single server, but the difficulties are compounded when the data resides across disparate systems. Security software vendor Bsafe Information Systems has addressed this challenge with Bsafe Enterprise Security version 5.5, which enables companies to run audit reports across i5/OS, Linux, mainframe, and Windows servers from a single screen. READ MORE >

CCSS Addresses SOX Requirements in QMessage Monitor
by Alex Woodie

There's a lot of stuff sitting in your logs that auditors would like to know about. But sometimes it can be a pain to get to them, and even more of a pain to store them. i5/OS systems management tool developer CCSS is addressing this market need with a new release of QMessage Monitor that facilitates easy archiving, removal and printing of the message history. The new release also provides better monitoring of FTP activity, among other features. READ MORE >