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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…

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…