Vertali’s Mark Wilson is involved in several sessions at the Vanguard Security & Compliance 2024 Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina from September 16-19. Vanguard Security & Compliance 2024 brings together global cybersecurity leaders from both private industry and US government…

Vertali’s Mark Wilson, Technical Director and Andrew Penlington, Channel Partner Development Manager are attending SHARE Kansas City from August 4th to 8th. Mark will also be on the panel for ‘How to Bridge the Mainframe & Networking Security Side Gap’…

Vertali’s Mark Wilson presented ‘CICS Security in a RACF Environment’ to the Virtual CICS User Group at its meeting on 9th July. Mark gave an insightful and entertaining session, discussing his motorbike obsession as well as the basic security settings…

With support for TLS (Transport Layer Security) version 1.0 and 1.1 ending on 31st October 2024, Vertali can help you to upgrade and better secure your operations. As new TLS versions are developed, previous versions become outdated for vulnerabilities or…

On 30th September 2024, z/OS 2.4 will reach End of Support (EOS). After this date, IBM will no longer provide standard support, including fixes, updates, or technical assistance for this version. If you’re still running z/OS v2.4 then don’t worry,…

In April 2024, Vertali welcomed two new mainframers: Tiemo Ramazan and Felix Scott joined as technical consultants under its NTZ (New To Z) programme. As part of Vertali’s efforts to help address an industry-wide skills shortage, its NTZ initiative identifies…

Vertali is delighted to have been invited to become a member of the Mainframe Skills Council. In March 2024 IBM launched the Mainframe Skills Council with SHARE and other key organizations to support new generations of mainframe talent and provide…

In recognition of his nomination as a Top Mainframe Influencer, Planet Mainframe’s Penney Berryman has written a fantastic biography of Mark, including his journey to becoming one of the world’s top mainframe security experts. It makes for a fascinating read,…

Earlier this month, Vertali’s Mark Wilson was recognized in the West Midlands Leadership Awards 2024, winning the category Company Leader (up to 100 employees). Organized by TheBusinessDesk.com, these awards celebrate the people in the region ‘who are role models within their…

The last week has been extremely memorable for Vertali’s Mark Wilson. First, he had a significant birthday. (Let’s just say it also marked 44 years working with mainframes, and he started in the industry aged just 16.) He then spent…

At Vertali we are constantly working to create and implement innovative methods to add value to our client relationships and specialist areas of expertise. We are constantly looking at effective ways to expand our talent and skills base of specialist…

The West Midlands Leadership Awards 2024 take place in Birmingham, UK on 7th March and Vertali’s Mark Wilson has been shortlisted in both the Technology Leader and Company Leader (up to 100 employees) categories. Anna Cooper, West Midlands assistant editor…