What to know about mainframe storage media
Published on September 30, 2014
Mainframes are able to work with and process data using many different operating systems, applications, and protocols. They are also able to save that data onto many different kinds of storage media. What follows is a brief overview of some of the most common types…
Data breaches are not inevitable
Published on September 16, 2014
With the number of high-profile data breaches in the news this year, following the breaches of 2013, it would be easy to conclude that these sorts of incidents are an inevitable part of dealing with data. The news stories of data breaches are certainly coming…
Increase security by limiting permissions to the essentials
Published on September 9, 2014
Selecting what data sets each user or group of users has access to greatly impacts your data security. Selecting appropriate user permissions is a necessary balancing act between security and utility. You must find the appropriate balance between limiting the risk of data being lost,…
The Three States of Digital Data
Published on September 3, 2014
Understanding the different states digital data can be in can help you select the kinds of security measures and encryption that are appropriate for protecting it. There are three basic states of data: data at rest, data in motion, and data in use. Below you…