By Mark Wilson, Technical Director In 2023, I presented sessions at SHARE New Orleans on mainframe security, hacking, and security assessments. They spiked quite a bit of interest among attendees. In particular, a conversation kicked off with several leading mainframe-focused…

By Tony Amies, Software Technical Director. How can you make sure you’re detecting new or unexpected network activity to and from the mainframe? How can you confirm or otherwise that firewall settings are correct and working as intended? How can…

By Linda McGrath, Account Director Once upon a time, senior management believed the mainframe was a dying platform, and far too expensive to run. So investments in the platform (and the people running it) slowed and stalled. Today, we see…

by Mark Wilson, Technical Director, Vertali As I’ve written many times, while the mainframe may be the most securable platform on the planet, it doesn’t come that way automatically. As the bad actors get smarter and threat vectors increase, the…

“If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked.” That was according to Richard Clarke, former special advisor on cybersecurity to the US President. He added, “What’s more, you deserve to be hacked,” which does…

by Mark Wilson, Technical Director, Vertali The task list for mainframers is never ending, whether that means prioritizing cyber resilience, implementing data loss prevention, or optimizing project work and BAU activity. There’s clearly a continuing demand for specialist skills and…

by Mark Wilson, Technical Director, Vertali Cyber resilience is the same as business resilience: enabling you to adapt fast and recover quickly as your organization responds to disruptive events. You can’t have a strong business continuity approach today without a…

by Mark Wilson, Technical Director, Vertali It’s high time we acknowledged that mainframe data loss is far more than a security problem. It’s fundamentally a business problem. As the old saying goes, prevention is better than cure. This applies to…