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Published on November 25, 2013

Part of the premise and promise of cloud computing is that organizations can deploy a system much more cheaply and manage it much more simply than if buying their own hardware and running their own data center. The conventional wisdom of cloud computing suggests building…

Published on November 18, 2013

Every day, large organizations are flooded with the data generated in the course of doing business. Figuring out what to do with that data--how to leverage and benefit from it--as well as determining how to safeguard it are some of the hot topics emerging in…

Published on November 14, 2013

Do you recognize this image? As we've discussed before on this blog, multi-factor authentication is an essential part of a secure system. Passwords alone, even sufficiently complex ones, are useless if stolen. And other authentication methods like fingerprints are often not an ideal setup for…

Published on November 4, 2013

At one point, your company may have made the decision to take security more seriously. It might have been a strategic initiative, or it might have been in response to a past security breach. The CEO might have addressed the company or sent out a…

Published on October 31, 2013

Naples, FL—October 2013 Advanced Software Products Group (ASPG) has announced the latest release of its popular ReACT software for Help Desk centers and other users requiring a self-service password reset solution. The release features the addition of authentication image technology to further enhance its multi-factor…

Published on October 29, 2013

You and your team may understand the importance of encryption and data security, but that doesn't mean the people who write the checks get it yet. As a mainframe security professional, part of your job is making sense of the challenges of keeping the data…

Published on October 24, 2013

Naples, FL—October 2013 Advanced Software Products Group (ASPG) has announced the latest release of its popular MegaCryption encryption software. The release features enhanced key portability and reusability between different key management systems, increasing security while protecting existing cryptography investments. New support for additional symmetric and…

Published on October 15, 2013

BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) is the increasingly popular and common practice of employees bringing their personal devices to use at work. Many people who own laptops and smart phones are more proficient at using their own devices than their work-issued hardware. People tend to…

Published on October 10, 2013

Naples, FL—October 2013 Enterprise and Big Data software provider Advanced Software Products Group (ASPG) has released the latest version of its popular CryptoMon software, providing greater flexibility to end users and greater insights into the way that cryptography and ICSF are implemented on user mainframes.…

Published on October 7, 2013

Technology executives run the risk of believing that no news is good news Since IT and mainframe managers are so used to SMS and email alerts warning them of system malfunctions, it becomes harder to seek out and solve the problems that are not glaringly…