Chapter 2: Mainframe security and disaster recovery

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Chapter 2: Mainframe security and disaster recovery

Security is a growing issue as more users seek to leverage mainframe applications inside and outside of an enterprise. This usually requires encryption to render data unreadable, identity management to match users to rights and restrictions. There is also a more fundamental shift to a service-oriented architecture (SOA) that promises better accessibility while maintaining security across the mainframe.

Encryption:

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  • IBM steps up mainframe encryption

    05 Dec 2005

    Article -  Users and analysts say IBM's recent encryption software for zSeries mainframes is useful -- but what they really want is encryption in tape library hardware, expected in 2006.

  • Mainframe shops scramble to encrypt tapes

    13 Jun 2006

    Article -  Laws across the country are prompting users to start encrypting mainframe backups, but getting tape encryption products to work with primary storage is causing headaches.

  • CA offers mainframe tape encryption

    11 May 2006

    Article -  CA now offers mainframe tape encryption with its BrightStor Tape Encryption appliance.

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Identity management:

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  • Securing CICS for newbies

    Tip -  Security is an important concern with CICS. The editors of SearchDataCenter.com have collected some of our best tips, news and advice on keeping CICS secure. Enjoy!

  • Trusting identity management, part 1

    (presented by SearchCIO.com)

    Tip -  Identity is a critical element of an organization's IT infrastructure. Learn about the difference between identity for access and identity for security reasons.

  • How do local identity, SSO and federated identity management models differ?

    (presented by SearchSecurity.com)

    Ask the Expert -  In many organizations, users have several applications that they need to log on to, each requiring distinct user IDs and passwords. In our expert Q&A, Joel Dubin explains how federated identity management and single sign-on can provide convenient...

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Information security resources:

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  • Companies plug FTP holes with secure FTP servers

    (presented by SearchSecurity.com)

     | 09 May 2007

    Article -  Some companies are investing in secure FTP suites to give employees and business partners the ability to transfer large files such as large documents, audio, video and photos.

  • Challenges behind operational integration of security and network management

    (presented by SearchSecurity.com)

    Tip -  The integration of security and network operations holds a great deal of promise thanks to today's security information management technology, but there are a number of hurdles to overcome when it's time to flip the switch. Sasan Hamidi outlines the...

  • A Business Guide to Information Security: Threats and Compliance

    (presented by SearchSecurity.com)

    Book Chapter -  In this excerpt from Chapter 1 of A Business Guide to Information Security, author Alan Calder identifies six future risks to information security and explains how they will affect individuals and organizations.

Mainframe disaster recovery:

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Mainframe security and Web services:

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  • Mainframe security changes as Web services arrive

    Tip -  Stretching mainframe security to cover Web services can cause serious problems -- but it also offers significant opportunities to improve security as a whole.

  • Bringing the mainframe into the SOA fold

    23 Aug 2006

    Article -  Mainframe SOA: SOA Software, with help from Merrill Lynch, and GT Software have launched tools for incorporating mainframe platforms and programmers into an SOA.