Hot News - Security

Beckman on Linux on Power at Virtual Event Next Week

Chris Maxcer — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:02:00 GMT

Mel Beckman, our senior technical director for Power IT Pro, will be delivering just one of many free sessions on Power System tips and technology next week during our Power IT Pro Virtual Conference. We’re pretty excited about the event, mostly because we know it’s jam-packed with excellence. (And you can’t beat the price!) Of course, topics: IBM Senior Engineer Jim Mitchell will outline IBM’s Power Systems strategy and directions in the keynote, followed by a hands-on with AIX 7 session by Rob McNelly.

Blocking SSH for individual users

Mel Beckman — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:57:00 GMT

The SSH service gives users command-line access to your system, and thus is one that should be closely guarded. Even if users have limited authority, some known exploits can take advantage of even a non-privileged account to escalate privileges to root level.

SkyView Partners Releases AIX Version of Policy Monitoring Solution

Linda Harty — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:32:00 GMT

SkyView Partners, a long-time security vendor in the IBM i space, is branching into the AIX world. Skyview President Carol Woodbury explained the details in a press release: "AIX is a new platform for SkyView and we are excited to show the AIX community a new way of addressing security compliance and administration."

Linoma Software Adds Forward Proxy Support to Network Security Solution

Linda Harty — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:40:00 GMT

Linoma Softwareannounces the release of GoAnywhere Gateway version 1.1, a bidirectional proxy solution that safeguards customer networks when exchanging data with external systems. GoAnywhere Gateway is a software-only solution typically installed in a customer's demilitarized zone (DMZ) or public-facing network.

Linoma Software Updates Secure File Server Application

Linda Harty — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:35:00 GMT

Linoma Software announces the 2.5 release of GoAnywhere Services, a secure file server application that lets trading partners connect and exchange data using standard and secure protocols.

BlueCross Completes Enterprise-wide Data Encryption with AIX in the Mix

Mark Donahue — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:47:00 GMT

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has completed a $6 million effort to encrypt all at-rest data throughout its enterprise to increase the security around its members' personal information. The effort includes servers running AIX.

PCI DSS Priorities for AIX

Steve Martinson — Wed, 11 May 2011 01:51:00 GMT

Regardless of what you know or “think” you know about the PCI DSS, always remember this: The purpose of complying with the requirements outlined in the DSS is to ensure that, should a breach of credit card data occur, your organization can accurately recreate the sequence of events and chain of custody associated with that breach of cardholder data.

New Power Systems Cloud Offering from Logicalis Lights the Sky

Chris Maxcer — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:19:00 GMT

While we haven't extensively covered cloud computing yet at Power IT Pro, there are a handful of well-respected players offering AIX-focused professionals the ability to serve up Power Systems-based servers from the so-called clouds. Connectria is one, and I know the company serves up a variety of AIX-focused configurations for several dozen customers, large and small. The latest company to invest in IBM Power Systems cloud offerings is Logicalis, which is offering its new Enterprise Power Cloud service -- based on IBM Power 770-class systems capable of supporting multi-tenancy running AIX and i5/OS virtual servers.

IBM Details AIX Support Lifecycle and Fix Support Best Practices

Chris Maxcer — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 04:23:00 GMT

IBM has released a new .pdf detailing service and support best practices for AIX, as well as updated its AIX support lifecycle information page. The latter provides a handy table of AIX Technology Level (TL) fix support release dates and end of availability. Basically, IBM is now offering three years of new fix support for each TL, and to ease the burden on administrators, IBM will only have one TL update per year for each version of AIX -- but service packs for TLs will still be released several times each year.

Centrify Security and Compliance Suite 2011 Features AIX 7.1 Support and More

Mark Donahue — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:59:00 GMT

Centrify Corporation today announced Centrify Suite 2011, the latest release of its flagship security and compliance solution. Centrify Suite 2011 features enhanced platform support for IBM AIX 7.1, as well as support for storing and managing more AIX extended attributes. The suite boasts enhanced administration and privilege management capabilities, expanded coverage for additional platforms, and application single sign-on capabilities allowing enterprises finer grain control and auditing over an expanded set of data center systems and enterprise applications.