Webinar, Documented Mainframe Security Vulnerabilities
June 9, 2:00 p.m. EDT
We have documented cases of security violations that have occurred in the mainframe environment.
They have caused unauthorized viewing of data, free access to databases, unauthorized access to applications, and prolonged outages.
Compromise of SNA applications gets almost no publicity for four reasons:
- Enterprises do not want to tell the world that their mission-critical applications and databases were breached.
- No watchdog organizations monitor SNA vulnerabilities, in contrast to the many groups and individuals who track threats to workstation software.
- The people infiltrating SNA applications are not thrill-seeking teens. They are seasoned professional bad guys with no desire to publicize their exploits.
- Given the expert stealth involved, threats go undetected, even by z/OS IDS. Many enterprises never realize they have been, and continue to be, hacked, compromised, and stolen from.
You have a chance to meet with a top network security expert to discuss vulnerabilities in SNA/APPN/EE networks.
To register for this must-not-miss seminar, please click here.
As an alternative, you might download a recording of the webinar presented April 28. Click here for a Window Media file, *.wmv, 105 Mb. or click here for a *.zip file, 97 Mb.
In our web-seminar, mainframe security expert Peter Hager of Net'Q will review documented cases of financial institutions being compromised through their network security vulnerabilities.
SNA applications used to be secure, but not anymore. That IBM's z/Center of Excellence, in 2008, would publish a 47-page manual titled "Securing an SNA Environment for the 21st Century" serves as a big red flag.
An ultra-secure, fully encrypted IP network, with state-of-the-art firewalls and "clean" workstations running the best anti-threat technology available, does not mean that your mainframe SNA/APPN applications are safe.
SNA threats come not from bored teenagers hacking for thrills, but from seasoned professionals expertly infiltrating SNA applications for financial, political, or espionage gain.
Peter Hager specializes in performance tuning and security, strengthening both SNA and TCP/IP networks. He is a speaker on network security at such conferences as SHARE and the Vanguard Security Conference. After working as a network engineer and technical specialist for IBM for 15 years, he started Net'Q.
Founded in 1985, Net'Q provides consulting and software to improve large-scale, complex networks. Its clients include major manufacturers, financial institutions, and government agencies in Europe.