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Reckless or Riskless: Another IBM i App Dev Expert Talks Security

February 7, 2018 Dan Burger

Security at the application level was the topic of an article in the Monday edition of The Four Hundred. Subject matter experts Brendan Kay, Alex Roytman, Robin Tatam, and Jon Paris provided insights and advice on the topic, which should be part of every organization’s overall security strategy. An additional perspective, which just missed the deadline for the Monday story, is being added today. It comes from Paul Tuohy, who lives eight time zones east of me, making the deadline I gave him a wee bit tight.

Although this contribution stands on its own, when added to the insights …
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Reckless or Riskless: IBM i App Dev Experts Talk Security

February 5, 2018 Dan Burger

It is safe to say that your most sensitive and most valuable data is not safe. The threat of stolen data is a reoccurring nightmare for executive management who are mystified and somewhat dumbfounded by the number of vulnerabilities in their IT systems. Not all of them worry about the same things or are hearing the same strategies from their IT experts.

Most can agree that what’s been done in the past isn’t going to cut it in the present, much less the future. One of the holes in the wall that protects data is at the application level. Existing …
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