By Dave Constable, Senior Technical Consultant.

With continuous innovation and new functionality developed for mainframe security, many organizations can lose sight of the basics – which means they may never achieve a Zero Trust security stance.

By Mark Wilson, Technical Director, Vertali.

As a teenager, I fell in love with mainframes and motorcycles. In the latter case, to be more precise, with classic Kawasaki bikes of the 1970s and 80s. And for me, there are important crossovers.

By Andrew Penlington, Channel Partner Development Manager

With the Digital Operations Resilience Act (DORA) applying from January 2025, it seems the regulation is not yet a priority for many mainframe users. For some, it’s not even on their radar – and yet they take cyber resilience seriously for distributed systems.

By Niall Ashley, Security Consultant. Technology is more advanced than at any other point in history but it’s still not accessible to all, despite equality, diversity and inclusiveness being key issues in the workplace. Can we learn from past mistakes…

By Terry Stanton, Senior Technical Architect.

If you’re running a big server, like a mainframe, a zero trust strategy dictates that you shouldn’t trust anything outside that box. If it’s your responsibility to protect the mainframe, you have to ensure the right mechanisms are in place on the box itself.

By Mark Wilson, Technical Director.

When you hear the name ‘Dora’ what’s your first thought? If you’re of a certain age, or have children, you may think of the popular animated TV show ‘Dora the Explorer’ that first appeared in 2000 and has recently had a successful reboot.

Mark Wilson reflects on the findings of the recent Arcati Mainframe Survey, explaining why security should be the number one priority, and why we need to start talking about complexity and observability. I read with interest the highlights of the…

Perhaps higher than you may think says Tony Amies, Vertali’s Software Technical Director. Total loss of network connectivity is not only a critical event, but one which can be hard to diagnose and recover, especially if the systems specialists responsible…

By Mark Wilson, Technical Director.

DORA’s implications, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and how to respond to cyber incidents.

By Leanne Wilson, Senior Security Consultant. In the digital realm of the 21st century the dark web has become a subject of fascination, often exaggerated in its portrayal. It’s depicted as a hidden hub for cybercriminals and state-sponsored actors, where…

By Mark Wilson, Technical Director. What will you spend your money on this Valentine’s Day? Chocolates? Flowers? Mainframe skills? (With, of course, apologies to those of us who don’t ‘do’ Valentine’s Day at all.) Whatever you choose, it’s always nice…

Mainframes hold an organization’s most critical and sensitive business data, making it crucial to ensure that data is secure and meets the strictest privacy regulations. Controlling access through network micro-segmentation is an effective way to protect sensitive data on mainframes…