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Read our latest blog posts, press releases, and product updates to stay up-to-date on the latest SDS mainframe news and information.

7 Critical Mainframe Security Blind Spots That are Costing Banks Money in 2025

July 1, 2025

Despite mainframes processing $10.4 trillion in U.S. credit and debit card transactions annually, most banks treat them as security islands invisible to modern monitoring platforms—a gap that contributes to the $4.88 million average breach cost. From unmonitored ESM administrative access to invisible CICS transactions and the inability to correlate mainframe events with network threats, these seven critical blind spots leave financial institutions vulnerable to fraud, insider threats, and multi-million dollar compliance failures.

Modernizing Without Migrating: 5 Cost Optimization Techniques for Legacy Mainframe Environments

June 4, 2025

Organizations face mounting pressure to reduce IT costs, yet mainframes remain essential for processing critical workloads in finance, insurance, retail, and government. By consolidating monitoring tools, optimizing workloads to reduce CPU peaks, strengthening security with encrypted transfers, modernizing application access beyond terminal emulators, and implementing real-time performance analytics, enterprises can dramatically cut costs while extending the value of their mainframe investments, no costly rip-and-replace required.

Optimizing Mainframe Performance with Automation

May 12, 2025

While mainframes process 90% of all credit card transactions and power 68% of the world's production workloads, many organizations still rely on manual monitoring, reactive performance management, and outdated access protocols that create bottlenecks and security risks. Modern automation tools from SDS transform mainframe operations through intelligent monitoring, predictive analytics, zero-trust security, and intuitive user interfaces, shifting teams from firefighting mode to proactive optimization.

SDS Expands Security Offerings with SSH to Represent PrivX PAM and Key Manager in North America

April 15, 2025

Software Diversified Services (SDS) offers SSH's industry-leading PrivX Just-in-Time Access Management and PrivX Key Manager in North America, bringing zero-trust privileged access management to enterprises struggling with rising cyber threats. PrivX offers secure, ephemeral certificate-based authentication that eliminates static passwords and reduces attack surfaces, while PrivX Key Manager provides centralized SSH key management for secure, compliant access across critical IT environments.

Now Available: SDS E-Business Server 9.2.1 – Enhanced Algorithms & Elliptic Curve Support

September 26, 2024

Software Diversified Services has released E-Business Server 9.2.1, featuring support for cutting-edge encryption including Camellia symmetric algorithms, Argon2 password hashing, SHA3 hashes, and elliptic curve EdDSA with Ed25519. The updated OpenPGP encryption solution helps organizations achieve compliance with HIPAA, PCI DSS, and GDPR while offering versatile APIs and command-line interfaces that integrate seamlessly with automated processes and web applications.

CAFC 6.2.00 Offers First Day Support for CICS/TS 6.2

June 14, 2024

SDS releases CAFC 6.2.00, a new version of its CICS Management product. This new CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 6.2-compatible version of CAFC also contains numerous new features and capabilities.

SHARE Orlando 2024 Recap

March 6, 2024

SDS attended SHARE Orlando and unveiled two new products. VitalSigns for Secure Transfer (VST) and Virtel Screen Redesigner, both products offer customers modern solutions for the mainframe.

Peeling the Onion of SFTP: Options for Securing z/OS File Transfers

October 6, 2023

Securing mainframe file transfers requires navigating multiple layers of solutions, from FTPS and SSH tunnels to SFTP and PGP encryption, each with distinct advantages and limitations. This comprehensive guide peels back the "onion" of z/OS FTP security options to help organizations choose the right combination of tools, including the VFTP-SSH collaboration, to protect data both in transit and at rest.

Now Available: VitalSigns SIEM Agent for z/OS 4.3.1 featuring zIIP Enablement

August 16, 2023

VitalSigns SIEM Agent for z/OS, an event monitoring product for z/OS mainframes, now offers zIIP enablement in its latest version, 4.3.1.

Mainframe FTP Compliance – Overview

May 11, 2023

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a commonly used protocol for transferring files between computers on a network. However, using FTP can also create security vulnerabilities that can compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive information.

Mainframe Security Compliance – Main Components

April 13, 2023

While mainframes are known for their reliability and security, they are not immune to cyber threats. Organizations must implement comprehensive security measures including access controls, encryption, network isolation, and continuous monitoring to maintain compliance with regulatory frameworks like GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS.

SHARE Atlanta 2023 Recap

March 9, 2023

The SDS team was at the SHARE conference in Atlanta and showcased updates to the VitalSigns suite of products and E-business Server.

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The SDS Blog

Read our latest blog posts, press releases, and product updates to stay up-to-date on the latest SDS mainframe news and information.

7 Critical Mainframe Security Blind Spots That are Costing Banks Money in 2025

Modernizing Without Migrating: 5 Cost Optimization Techniques for Legacy Mainframe Environments

Optimizing Mainframe Performance with Automation

SDS Expands Security Offerings with SSH to Represent PrivX PAM and Key Manager in North America

Now Available: SDS E-Business Server 9.2.1 – Enhanced Algorithms & Elliptic Curve Support

CAFC 6.2.00 Offers First Day Support for CICS/TS 6.2

SHARE Orlando 2024 Recap

Peeling the Onion of SFTP: Options for Securing z/OS File Transfers

Now Available: VitalSigns SIEM Agent for z/OS 4.3.1 featuring zIIP Enablement

Mainframe FTP Compliance – Overview

Mainframe Security Compliance – Main Components

SHARE Atlanta 2023 Recap

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