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Security Checks Drive Consulting Biz for Briteskies

June 14, 2021 Alex Woodie

With high-profile ransomware attacks becoming the norm and calls for a federal cybersecurity department gaining steam, there’s a distinct uneasiness when it comes to the security of corporate computer systems. That uptick in awareness is helping to drive business for Briteskies, the Cleveland, Ohio-based IT consultancy that has made IBM i security a cornerstone of its business.

Briteskies was founded in 2000 primarily as a JD Edwards specialist for organizations in the Great Lakes region. Over the years, the company has expanded into other niches, including Magento e-commerce systems, custom RPG development, and computer security.

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IBM Completes Migration of Knowledge Center to IBM Documentation

April 7, 2021 Alex Woodie

For years, the IBM Knowledge Center has been the go-to place to get technical information about how things work in IBM i. Got a question about RPG opcodes or ALLOBJ authority? The Knowledge Center was the place for you. As part of its broader overhaul of its online resources and properties, IBM recently completed the migration of its Knowledge Center to the new site, called IBM Documentation.

IBM i professionals can find all of the content they have grown accustomed to finding at the Knowledge Center on the new IBM Documentation site, which can be found at www.ibm.com/docs/en. There …
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iTech Solutions Keeps You In The Know With VERIFi

February 22, 2021 Alex Woodie

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” That time-tested bit of advice from Ben Franklin has many applications, including, it turns out, IBM i systems management. And through its new VERIFi offering, iTech Solutions is set to provide many ounces of prevention by keeping customers on top of what is happening with their IBM i servers.

iTech Solutions’ VERIFi comes in three flavors. With VERIFi Weekly Status Reporting, the company remotely monitors key aspects of IBM i server health and summarize those findings in a PDF sent once a week for $295 per year. It offers …
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‘Alarming’ Security Gaps Exposed in IBM i Marketplace Report

February 10, 2021 Alex Woodie

If you’ve ever met Ian Jarman, you’d know that the IBM Power Systems business unit executive for IBM Lab Services is not a man who gets easily excited. So when the longtime IBM Rochester executive said he was “alarmed” by the decided lack of basic security precautions in IBM i shops during the recent webinar to discuss the HelpSystems IBM i Marketplace Report, you might get the sense that something is quite wrong.

Once again, security was at the top of the list of top concerns of IBM i shops in HelpSystems’ annual survey and report, which is now …
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From Here To There: Securing Your Future On IBM i (And In The Cloud)

September 23, 2020 Steve Grzybinski

The Connectria team presents a three-part series addressing concerns IBM users have about the platform and its future. Part Two: Security And Disaster Recovery.

Last month, we kicked off our discussion of common concerns about the IBM platform by taking a close look at the shrinking system admin pool and how to leverage remote administration to offset that risk. This month, we dive deeper into another area of concern for Power Systems platform users: Security (and I’m not talking about social security for all of us about to retire).

Security is a broad and extensive topic, so let’s break it …
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How IBM i 7.4 Improves Security

May 1, 2019 Alex Woodie

The unveiling of Db2 Mirror may have gotten the lion’s share of attention with last week’s introduction of IBM i enhancements. But IBM has also given its customer base some significant security upgrades with the new releases of IBM i, including enhancements to the Authority Collection and support for the latest over-the-wire encryption protocol.

“Our big things are around those two main themes – availability as well as security,” says Alison Butterill, IBM i product offering manager at IBM. “Those are the two main themes. But we have lots of things across the board.”

IBM gave customers significant new user-focused …
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Raz-Lee Tackles Excessive Authorities with Free Software

April 26, 2017 Alex Woodie

You can’t do anything on IBM i without the proper authority. Unfortunately, instead of using the tools IBM includes in the OS to set fine-grained policies, most IBM i shops run wide-open when it comes to user authorities. Now Raz-Lee Security hopes reign in this free-for-all with a free tool it just released.

For a glimpse at how bad the use of authorities in IBM i has gotten, check out our coverage of a recent security study of the IBM i marketplace. It’s no secret that there’s widespread abuse of special authorities, such as ALLOBJ and SECADM, among the majority …
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Security Checks Drive Consulting Biz for Briteskies

IBM Completes Migration of Knowledge Center to IBM Documentation

iTech Solutions Keeps You In The Know With VERIFi

‘Alarming’ Security Gaps Exposed in IBM i Marketplace Report

From Here To There: Securing Your Future On IBM i (And In The Cloud)

How IBM i 7.4 Improves Security

Raz-Lee Tackles Excessive Authorities with Free Software

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