Category: Data Security

Published on April 7, 2021

Via Dark Reading The pandemic's decline won't stop the work-from-home trend nor the implications for cybersecurity, so it is crucial to minimize the threats. With the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines, we are (hopefully) nearing the end of the pandemic's crisis. However, its effects will long…

Published on March 17, 2021

Reposted from Security Intelligence In the early days of the pandemic, many retailers quickly launched e-commerce stores for the first time. Others expanded their offerings, such as adding online ordering with curbside pick-up. Within only a few months, the pandemic accelerated the shift to e-commerce stores by…

Published on February 24, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Naples, FL – Advanced Software Products Group Inc. (ASPG, Inc.) has announced the release of CryptoMon, a unique cryptography reporting system specially designed for organizations utilizing z/OS cryptography.   CryptoMon offers a behind-the-scenes look at an organization’s Z-system cryptography. By having a…

Published on February 1, 2021

Reposted from Security Boulevard While the U.S. government was focused on election security last year, unbeknownst to senior American officials a secret cyber espionage campaign by a major nation-state adversary of unprecedented magnitude was already underway – lethal, stealthy and undetected. In early December 2020, the…

Published on September 23, 2019

NAPLES, Fla. – September 23, 2019 - Advanced Software Products Group (ASPG, Inc.) is pleased to announce the latest release of ERQ. Known as “Easy RACF Query”, ERQ is a tool designed to simplify the RACF administration process. As an affordable, user-friendly RACF reporting and…

Published on January 21, 2015

Data encryption and access controls make it very difficult for hackers to access private data without first stealing the appropriate user credentials or decryption keys. Brute force attempts to hack into accounts by guessing passwords can be thwarted by locking an account after a certain…

Published on January 14, 2015

Naples, FL – December 2014 Multi-factor authentication, the requirement of users to identify themselves both through something they know (such as a username or email account credentials) and something they have (like a cell phone or key fob), is a security measure which has become…

Published on December 4, 2014

Security software can keep data safe. Strong encryption and sophisticated access controls can keep data out of the wrong hands, but for the information in the systems to be useful, employees have to be able to access and manipulate it. The legitimate access granted to…

Published on December 1, 2014

Naples, FL – November 2014 Advanced Software Products Group (ASPG) has released version 1.4.3 of CryptoMon, its mainframe software specifically designed to display valuable information which may be missing or unreported (errors, keys or digital certificates set to expire, etc.) CryptoMon is the ideal product…

Published on November 6, 2014

Usernames and passwords are what most computer applications use to identify users and secure data. But passwords--especially ones complicated enough to be secure--can be difficult to remember. Without an efficient self-serve password reset program in place, employees who forget their passwords or get locked out…