Getting to Know COBIT and IBM i System Administration
If you don’t have to comply with any regulations or meet auditor’s demands today, you probably will eventually. Compliance is challenging to achieve. Part of...
Security Testing is a component of reliability verification and nothing is more viable as a failure than when systems can’t be accessed. One interesting and...
The Importance of Having an IBM i Security Risk Assessment
With the increasing number of cybersecurity attacks, it is crucial to conduct regular IBM i Security Risk Assessments to protect your organization from intruders, attackers,...
Security Testing and the Approaches for Malicious Code Insertion
The need for proper security on IBM i systems is increasingly well understood. Equally important is proving out the hardening is sufficient via comprehensive testing....
IBM FlashSystem Data Reduction Pools: Hardware-Assisted vs. Software Based vs. FCM
In my previous article, “Understanding IBM External Storage Data Reduction Technology,” we looked at the options available for shrinking your data on disk. We talked...
Why Organizations Should Consider Encryption to Protect Their Data
IBM i has multiple layers of defense, starting with the hardware itself and going up to the operating system. The platform does have some vulnerabilities...
The Difference Between IBM Power Systems S922, S914, and S924
For IBM i shops, IBM’s POWER9 scale-out family consists of three main server models. To say these servers can “scale-out” is a massive understatement. At...
Demystifying Quality Assurance Processes as pertains to IBM i Systems and Infrastructure
All components of an IT ecosystem need testing and validation. Any professional, or student in MIS, knows this, of course. What is harder is determining...
