Category: Data Security

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…

Published on October 23, 2014

PGP (pretty good privacy) is a program that lets users encrypt data for secure and private communications. A user can encrypt a message with PGP and transmit it knowing that only a user with the matching decryption key will be able to decrypt and read…

Published on October 15, 2014

Self-serve password reset programs help make organizations more productive and keep data secure. In organizations without a self-serve password reset solution, Help Desk staff spend a lot of time resetting passwords. In addition to the time spent resetting passwords, there are many security vulnerabilities inherent…

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…

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…