5 Steps Towards a More Secure Environment
by Carol Woodbury
Co-founder, President & CTO, SkyView Partners, Inc.
Given the lack of direction and policies for examining security configuration settings on an ongoing basis, it's no wonder that companies have security issues - both from outside attacks as well as insider threats and probably more prevalent, accidental errors caused by users having too much authority. Let's look at 5 ways you can create a more secure environment. Step 1 of 5
Many organizations blame programmers when an incident occurs for not creating secure applications or for not using technology that would have protected the organization. There are several problems with this approach. First, during the development of applications, many organizations level no security requirements on the application design. Couple this with the fact the most programmers cringe at the very word "security" and it's no surprise that security features aren't designed into most applications. If you want to protect your organization's data, you have to insert application security requirements into the development process. In addition, you have to provide the development team with the appropriate education and tools to enable them to design and properly test the security aspects of their application. |
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Check out the schedule below then click on the date to register for a SkyView webinar.
10 Ways for Making Your IBM i Security Administration Easier
IBM i administrators are responsible for many things - including the security configuration of their systems. No one has spare time so we want to show you how you can save time with tasks such as the following:
- Validating security settings - including authorization lists - prior to or after a role swap
- Managing user profiles
- Maintaining the security and ownership settings on files and libraries after a vendor upgrade
- Discovering new libraries
- Managing authorities to directories
- and More ...
Using examples shared by our clients, Carol Woodbury shows how using SkyView Partners' products make security administration of IBM i easier. Each example of these examples will be demonstrated so that you can take advantage of these time- saving tips.
Attaining and Maintaining the Compliance Lifestyle
With the realization that compliance laws and regulations, like PCI DSS, are not going away, compliance needs to become a way of life; that is, part of your organization's "lifestyle." What we've discovered is that, once our customers passed their audit, they kicked back and relaxed until notice of the next audit came around. Unfortunately, when that happens, a lot of things fall out of compliance.
In this session, SkyView Partners' Vice President J. D. Seal will describe how to accomplish "compliance as a lifestyle" by providing tips on knowing what you have to be in compliance with. J. D. will also talk about the steps you can take to avoid falling out of compliance. Finally, J. D. will show how you can use SkyView Partners' products to "Attain and Maintain the Compliance Lifestyle."
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SPECIAL RECORDED WEBINARS
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Check out the sessions below then click on the "Listen Now" link to begin .
Coffee with Carol: Step by Step Approach to Implementing Object Level Security
More organizations are realizing the need for implementing object level security - especially for database files that contain information which must comply with various laws or regulations. But the question many administrators have is, how do you secure files without breaking the application or other processes? This session explains how. Configuration options, testing steps, "gotchas" to avoid, along with real-life examples will be presented.
Implementing Security Best Practices for the IBM i
In this session, security expert Carol Woodbury will discuss the sources of security best practices, the security best practices for IBM i and then applying those best practices to the system using SkyView's Policy Minder for IBM i.
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SkyView Releases Policy Minder v 1.6
SkyView Policy Minder for IBM i and i5/OS automates security policy compliance and delivers comprehensive security administration functionality, reducing the hours of labor intensive analysis required in the compliance process.
Policy Minder v1.6 is now available for download for customers that are current on their annual maintenance. Here is a link for you to Download:
To Login, go to http://www.skyviewpartners.com/download-software/
Then, enter your User ID and Password.
Then, select "SkyView Policy Minder for IBM i and i5/OS"
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