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Published on April 1, 2015

Naples, FL – March 2015 Advanced Software Products Group (ASPG) has released version 2.4.1 of their ERQ (Easy RACF Query) software. ERQ simplifies the task of administering IBM’s RACF access-security system through the provision of a fully customizable API, the automation of common RACF functions,…

Published on March 4, 2015

Naples, FL – February 2015 In mid-2015, ASPG will be sponsoring and participating in two leading mainframe-centric information security conferences: the IBM Edge 2015 and the SHARE Technology Exchange 2015 Conference. In its inaugural year, the IBM Edge Conference is expected to be “the infrastructure…

Published on March 3, 2015

Naples, FL – February 2015 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 February 4, 2015

Large companies have not weaned themselves off their legacy mainframe systems because it is too difficult or expensive but because there are no superior alternatives. The computing power of the mainframe has let companies expand their operations to a global scale. For many organizations, the…

Published on February 3, 2015

Naples, FL – January 2015 The latest issue of IBM Systems Magazine contains an article written by ASPG cryptography specialist and MegaCryption product manager, Gregory Thomason. The article, entitled, “Encryption Is Key to Security: Align Existing Competencies with Intuitive Best Practices”, offers realistic cryptography and…

Published on February 3, 2015

Naples, FL – January 2015 In the Spring of 2015, ASPG will be sponsoring and participating in three top-tier information security conferences: the Texas Technology Summit, the InfoSec Conference, and the HDI [formerly the Help Desk Institute] Conference. The Texas Technology Summit, in its sixth…

Published on January 28, 2015

The mainframe is a reliable solution for centralizing so many business computing processes. Therefore, it is only natural to use it to centralize the authentication and identity management processes for all the applications users need across the enterprise. A centralized access management is typically more…

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 January 13, 2015

Naples, FL – December 2014 MegaCryption now offers the ability to encrypt and decrypt individual records for usage in a specific program or transaction, commonly known as record-level encryption, through its Record-Level Encryption Adapter (RLEA). As a record-level and file-level cryptography solution, MegaCryption provides a…