Tag: data security

Published on April 17, 2025

via Penney Berryman and Planet Mainframe The 2025 Arcati Mainframe Survey, conducted by Planet Mainframe from November 2024 to January 2025, reveals a landscape in flux as organizations adapt to new technology demands. Data show a split in mainframe strategies, with some organizations expanding to support growing…

Published on April 11, 2025

via Derek Britton and Planet Mainframe The mainframe industry has been analyzed and debated for decades as users, analysts, and vendors try to decode its evolving market dynamics. Now into its seventh decade, the platform has seen shifting needs, expectations, and innovation cycles. Keeping Tabs As…

Published on April 3, 2025

via Kevin Poireault and Infosecurity Magazine As World Backup Day celebrates its 14th anniversary, the message has shifted from backing up your data to holistically ensuring data resilience. This year, on this commemorative date, which originated from a 2011 Reddit post, the message has evolved from…

Published on April 1, 2025

via Planet Mainframe (by Derek Britton) IBM Mainframe continues to defy naysayers by attracting new workload and offering peerless reliability. This year sees its latest incarnation unveiled. What sort of market does it face? Since Fujitsu announced its exit, the last remaining mainframe computer on…

Published on March 20, 2025

Naples, FL – Advanced Software Products Group (ASPG, Inc.) is proud to introduce Megacryption-PC Administrator, a new Windows PowerShell utility designed to complement MegaCryption-PC by streamlining cryptography project administration. Using Megacryption-PC Administrator, Windows Administrators can efficiently deploy, manage and maintain a centralized cryptography framework while…

Published on February 10, 2025

via This Is Money  Cybercrime report reveals 421% growth in password reset scams in 2023 A password reset scam now happens every seven minutes, and fraudsters are targeting vulnerable users, including the elderly. A new report by LexisNexis Risk Solutions reveals that 70,000 password reset…

Published on January 29, 2025

via Mark Wilson and Planet Mainframe Putting the AI into mAInframe security Artificial intelligence can be as much a help as a threat: a powerful tool in the hands of either the good, the bad or the ugly. Today’s threat landscape and cybersecurity requirements are…

Published on January 2, 2025

via WSAV There are few things as annoying as the sheer amount of passwords we need to log in to everything we use these days. You need bank passwords, email passwords, social media passwords — even passwords for smart fans! — and keeping track of…

Published on December 13, 2024

via TechRepublic TechRepublic asked cyber experts to predict the top trends that will impact the security field in 2025. The cyber landscape is more turbulent than ever. Microsoft recently reported a 2.75-fold increase in ransomware attempts this year, while research predicts that global cyber-attacks in 2024 will surge…

Published on December 6, 2024

via VentureBeat While 99% of businesses plan to invest more in security, only 52% have fully implemented multi-factor authentication (MFA), and only 41% adhere to the principle of least privilege in access management. Adversaries, including nation-states, state-funded attackers and cybercrime gangs, continue to sharpen their tradecraft using generative AI, machine learning (ML)…