Welcome to the PowerTech Blog!
My name is Robin Tatam and I am PowerTech’s Director of Security Technologies. When I was asked to contribute to our corporate blog, I was excited for two reasons. First, I am a true believer! You won’t find many people who are bigger fans of Power Systems and ‘i’ than me. And, I am not just an ‘on paper’ enthusiast—I have strung miles of Twinax cable, written “millions” of lines of RPG code, and sat up many nights running disaster recovery tests. I get it—this server is a technological rock star! Second, in my capacity as a security professional, I see how many of these systems are not properly secured. I love the idea of having access to another communication channel to spread the word that there is much work to be done to keep IBM i data safe.
As part of our status as the leading IBM i security solution and services provider, PowerTech has embraced a number of modern communication mediums, including Twitter (@powertechgroup), PowerNews, our electronic newsletter, and a weekly online seminar schedule. Blogging is a natural extension of that communication because it allows for rapid dissemination of information so that we can easily weigh-in on important security topics. In the future, we plan to have personal observations from the PowerTech security team, interspersed with more in-depth articles from the PowerNews newsletter, as well as announcements on upcoming events.
In the true spirit of blogging, I wrote this entry at 36,000 feet, somewhere above the Grand Canyon, on the last leg of my trip to irrepressible Las Vegas to attend an ISACA auditor conference. Our work with the audit community sometimes makes us unpopular in data centers, but we feel that an educated auditor is easier to deal with, forcing us to be more conscientious security officers.
I look forward to reporting to you about my trip…
Robin Tatam
Robin Tatam is the Director of Security Technologies for 
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