Mainframe Shield Newsletter – Issue 9

This month’s Mainframe Shield LinkedIn Newsletter highlights some eye-opening trends:

• AI is dramatically speeding up cyber attacks; breakout times have dropped to just 29 minutes, a 65% decrease since 2024.
• State-sponsored attacks are rising fast, with over half of UK businesses targeted in 2025.
• Cybercriminals are scaling up; hijacking 14,000+ devices to launch sophisticated, hard-to-detect attacks.
• Meanwhile, mainframes remain resilient, with organizations taking a strategic (not reactive) approach to security and modernisation.

Also in this issue:

• Lessons from a decade of z/OS security assessments.
• Why traditional mainframe security models are falling short.
• Preparing for the impact of quantum computing on cybersecurity.
• Cyber Threats Webinar, March 25th, register here.

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